Sunset & Sunrise Today in St. Louis, Missouri

In St. Louis, Missouri, the sun rises at 6:09 AM and sets at 8:02 PM today, Sunday, August 9, 2026, for a total of 13h 52m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above St. Louis at 1:06 PM.

Sitting at 38.63° latitude puts St. Louis 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 4 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in St. Louis keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in St. Louis runs from about 7:26 PM to 8:20 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:20 PM to 8:31 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in St. Louis is at 8:00 PM and sunrise at 6:10 AM — about 2m 5s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in St. Louis drift across the whole year.

It's summer in St. Louis right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in St. Louis ranges from as early as 4:39 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:29 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 51m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 27m.