Sunset & Sunrise Today in East Lansing, Michigan

Today, Sunday, August 23, sunset in East Lansing is at 8:26 PM and sunrise was at 6:53 AM, giving East Lansing 13h 33m between first and last light. Local solar noon in East Lansing falls at 1:40 PM.

Because East Lansing is at 42.74° (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 41 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in East Lansing move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in East Lansing runs from about 7:49 PM to 8:45 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:45 PM to 8:57 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in East Lansing is at 8:25 PM and sunrise at 6:54 AM — about 2m 41s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in East Lansing drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in East Lansing, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in East Lansing ranges from as early as 5:03 PM (around December 5) to as late as 9:19 PM (around June 19). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 19m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 01m.