Sunset & Sunrise Today in Wheaton, Maryland

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Wheaton at 6:29 PM, having risen at 7:18 AM. That works out to 11h 11m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Wheaton, is at 12:54 PM.

Wheaton lies at latitude 39.04°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 27 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Wheaton keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Wheaton's golden hour, about 5:54 PM to 6:46 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:46 PM to 6:56 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Wheaton is at 6:27 PM and sunrise at 7:19 AM — about 2m 27s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Wheaton drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Wheaton, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Wheaton ranges from as early as 4:45 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:37 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 54m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 24m.