Sunset & Sunrise Today in Elizabeth, New Jersey

In Elizabeth, New Jersey, the sun rises at 6:21 AM and sets at 7:33 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 13h 12m of daylight. Local solar noon in Elizabeth falls at 12:57 PM.

Because Elizabeth is at 40.66° (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 33 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Elizabeth move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Elizabeth this evening is roughly 6:57 PM–7:51 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:51 PM to 8:02 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Elizabeth is at 7:31 PM and sunrise at 6:22 AM — about 2m 34s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Elizabeth drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Elizabeth, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Elizabeth ranges from as early as 4:29 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 04m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 15m.