Sunset & Sunrise Today in Hillsborough, New Jersey

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Hillsborough at 6:18 PM, having risen at 7:09 AM. That works out to 11h 08m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Hillsborough falls at 12:44 PM.

Hillsborough lies at latitude 40.48°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 35 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Hillsborough keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Hillsborough runs from about 5:42 PM to 6:35 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:35 PM to 6:46 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Hillsborough is at 6:16 PM and sunrise at 7:10 AM — about 2m 35s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Hillsborough drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Hillsborough, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Hillsborough ranges from as early as 4:31 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:32 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 03m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 16m.