Sunset & Sunrise Today in Jefferson City, Missouri

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Jefferson City at 6:30 PM, having risen at 7:18 AM. That works out to 11h 11m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Jefferson City at 12:54 PM.

Sitting at 38.58° latitude puts Jefferson City 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 25 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Jefferson City move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Jefferson City runs from about 5:55 PM to 6:47 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:47 PM to 6:57 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Jefferson City is at 6:28 PM and sunrise at 7:19 AM — about 2m 24s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Jefferson City drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Jefferson City, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Jefferson City ranges from as early as 4:47 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:36 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 51m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 27m.