Sunset & Sunrise Today in Grand Island, Nebraska

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Grand Island at 6:52 PM, having risen at 7:45 AM. That works out to 11h 07m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Grand Island, is at 1:19 PM.

Because Grand Island is at 40.93° (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 38 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Grand Island move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Grand Island this evening is roughly 6:16 PM–7:10 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:10 PM to 7:20 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Grand Island is at 6:50 PM and sunrise at 7:46 AM — about 2m 37s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Grand Island drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Grand Island, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Grand Island ranges from as early as 5:04 PM (around December 5) to as late as 9:09 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 06m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 13m.