Sunset & Sunrise Today in Amherst, Massachusetts

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Amherst is at 6:07 PM and sunrise was at 7:03 AM, giving Amherst 11h 04m between first and last light. The sun reaches its high point above Amherst at 12:35 PM.

Sitting at 42.37° latitude puts Amherst 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 46 seconds. This is autumn in Amherst, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Amherst runs from about 5:30 PM to 6:25 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:25 PM to 6:36 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Amherst is at 6:06 PM and sunrise at 7:04 AM — about 2m 45s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Amherst drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Amherst, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Amherst ranges from as early as 4:17 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 16m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 03m.