Sunset & Sunrise Today in Detroit, Michigan

In Detroit, Michigan, the sun rises at 7:45 AM and sets at 6:49 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 04m of daylight. Local solar noon in Detroit falls at 1:18 PM.

Sitting at 42.33° latitude puts Detroit 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 Detroit, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Detroit this evening is roughly 6:12 PM–7:07 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:07 PM to 7:18 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Detroit is at 6:48 PM and sunrise at 7:46 AM — about 2m 45s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Detroit drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Detroit, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Detroit ranges from as early as 4:59 PM (around December 3) to as late as 9:12 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 16m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 04m.