Sunset & Sunrise Today in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Grand Rapids is at 6:59 PM and sunrise was at 7:56 AM, giving Grand Rapids 11h 03m between first and last light. Local solar noon in Grand Rapids falls at 1:28 PM.

Because Grand Rapids is at 42.96° (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 49 seconds. This is autumn in Grand Rapids, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Grand Rapids runs from about 6:22 PM to 7:17 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:17 PM to 7:28 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Grand Rapids is at 6:57 PM and sunrise at 7:57 AM — about 2m 49s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Grand Rapids drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Grand Rapids, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Grand Rapids ranges from as early as 5:07 PM (around December 5) to as late as 9:25 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 20m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 59m.