Sunset & Sunrise Today in Royal Oak, Michigan

Royal Oak, Michigan sees the sun come up at 6:48 AM and go down at 8:21 PM on Sunday, August 23, 2026 — 13h 32m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Royal Oak at 1:35 PM.

Sitting at 42.49° latitude puts Royal Oak 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 39 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Royal Oak move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Royal Oak runs from about 7:44 PM to 8:39 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:39 PM to 8:51 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Royal Oak is at 8:19 PM and sunrise at 6:49 AM — about 2m 40s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Royal Oak drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Royal Oak right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Royal Oak ranges from as early as 4:59 PM (around December 2) to as late as 9:13 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 17m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 03m.