Sunset & Sunrise Today in East Independence, Missouri

In East Independence, Missouri, the sun rises at 7:27 AM and sets at 6:38 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 10m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above East Independence at 1:03 PM.

Sitting at 39.10° latitude puts East Independence 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 27 seconds. This is autumn in East Independence, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in East Independence this evening is roughly 6:03 PM–6:55 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:55 PM to 7:05 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in East Independence is at 6:36 PM and sunrise at 7:28 AM — about 2m 27s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in East Independence drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in East Independence, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in East Independence ranges from as early as 4:54 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:47 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 54m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 24m.