Sunset & Sunrise Today in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

In Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the sun rises at 7:06 AM and sets at 6:20 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 14m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Cape Girardeau at 12:43 PM.

Cape Girardeau lies at latitude 37.31°, 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 18 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Cape Girardeau keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Cape Girardeau runs from about 5:46 PM to 6:37 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:37 PM to 6:47 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Cape Girardeau is at 6:19 PM and sunrise at 7:07 AM — about 2m 18s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Cape Girardeau drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Cape Girardeau, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Cape Girardeau ranges from as early as 4:39 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:22 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 43m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 35m.