Sunset & Sunrise Today in Waldorf, Maryland

In Waldorf, Maryland, the sun rises at 7:17 AM and sets at 6:29 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 11m of daylight. Local solar noon in Waldorf falls at 12:53 PM.

Sitting at 38.62° latitude puts Waldorf in the mid-latitudes — daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 25 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Waldorf keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Waldorf runs from about 5:54 PM to 6:46 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:46 PM to 6:56 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Waldorf is at 6:27 PM and sunrise at 7:18 AM — about 2m 25s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Waldorf drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Waldorf, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Waldorf ranges from as early as 4:45 PM (around December 7) to as late as 8:36 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 51m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 27m.