Sunset & Sunrise Today in Pontiac, Michigan

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Pontiac is at 6:50 PM and sunrise was at 7:46 AM, giving Pontiac 11h 03m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Pontiac, is at 1:19 PM.

Pontiac lies at latitude 42.64°, 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 47 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Pontiac keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

Golden hour in Pontiac this evening is roughly 6:13 PM–7:08 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:08 PM to 7:19 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Pontiac is at 6:48 PM and sunrise at 7:47 AM — about 2m 47s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Pontiac drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Pontiac, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Pontiac ranges from as early as 4:59 PM (around December 3) to as late as 9:14 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 18m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 02m.