Sunset & Sunrise Today in Lincoln, Nebraska

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Lincoln at 8:03 PM, having risen at 6:51 AM. That works out to 13h 12m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Lincoln falls at 1:27 PM.

Because Lincoln is at 40.80° (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 34 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Lincoln keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Lincoln's golden hour, about 7:27 PM to 8:21 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:21 PM to 8:32 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Lincoln is at 8:01 PM and sunrise at 6:52 AM — about 2m 35s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Lincoln drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Lincoln right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Lincoln ranges from as early as 4:58 PM (around December 3) to as late as 9:02 PM (around June 26). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 14m.