Sunset & Sunrise Today in Saint Joseph, Missouri

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Saint Joseph is at 6:39 PM and sunrise was at 7:29 AM, giving Saint Joseph 11h 09m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Saint Joseph, is at 1:05 PM.

Sitting at 39.77° latitude puts Saint Joseph 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 31 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Saint Joseph move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Saint Joseph runs from about 6:03 PM to 6:56 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:56 PM to 7:07 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Saint Joseph is at 6:38 PM and sunrise at 7:31 AM — about 2m 31s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Saint Joseph drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Saint Joseph, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Saint Joseph ranges from as early as 4:54 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:51 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 58m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 20m.