Sunset & Sunrise Today in Cambridge, Massachusetts

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Cambridge at 6:02 PM, having risen at 6:57 AM. That works out to 11h 04m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Cambridge, is at 12:30 PM.

Cambridge lies at latitude 42.38°, 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 46 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Cambridge move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Cambridge runs from about 5:24 PM to 6:20 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:20 PM to 6:30 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Cambridge is at 6:00 PM and sunrise at 6:58 AM — about 2m 45s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Cambridge drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Cambridge, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Cambridge ranges from as early as 4:11 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:25 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 16m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 03m.