Sunset & Sunrise Today in Methuen, Massachusetts

In Methuen, Massachusetts, the sun rises at 6:00 AM and sets at 7:33 PM today, Sunday, August 23, 2026, for a total of 13h 33m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Methuen, is at 12:47 PM.

Methuen lies at latitude 42.73°, 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 41 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Methuen keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

Golden hour in Methuen this evening is roughly 6:56 PM–7:52 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:52 PM to 8:04 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Methuen is at 7:32 PM and sunrise at 6:01 AM — about 2m 41s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Methuen drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Methuen, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Methuen ranges from as early as 4:10 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:26 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 19m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 01m.