Sunset & Sunrise Today in Montclair, New Jersey

In Montclair, New Jersey, the sun rises at 7:08 AM and sets at 6:16 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 07m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Montclair at 12:42 PM.

Sitting at 40.83° latitude puts Montclair 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 37 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Montclair move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Montclair this evening is roughly 5:39 PM–6:33 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:33 PM to 6:44 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Montclair is at 6:14 PM and sunrise at 7:09 AM — about 2m 36s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Montclair drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Montclair, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Montclair ranges from as early as 4:28 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:32 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 13m.