Sunset & Sunrise Today in Brookline, Massachusetts

Today, Sunday, August 23, sunset in Brookline is at 7:32 PM and sunrise was at 6:00 AM, giving Brookline 13h 32m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Brookline, is at 12:47 PM.

Sitting at 42.33° latitude puts Brookline 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 38 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Brookline keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Brookline runs from about 6:56 PM to 7:51 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:51 PM to 8:02 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Brookline is at 7:31 PM and sunrise at 6:01 AM — about 2m 39s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Brookline drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Brookline right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Brookline ranges from as early as 4:11 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:25 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 16m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 04m.