Sunset & Sunrise Today in Medford, Massachusetts

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Medford at 6:02 PM, having risen at 6:57 AM. That works out to 11h 04m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Medford falls at 12:30 PM.

Medford lies at latitude 42.42°, 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. Through autumn, the sunset time in Medford keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Medford 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 Medford is at 6:00 PM and sunrise at 6:58 AM — about 2m 46s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Medford drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Medford, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Medford ranges from as early as 4:11 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:25 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 17m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 03m.