Sunset & Sunrise Today in Passaic, New Jersey

Passaic, New Jersey sees the sun come up at 6:20 AM and go down at 7:33 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 13h 12m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Passaic at 12:57 PM.

Because Passaic is at 40.86° (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. This is summer in Passaic, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Passaic 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 Passaic is at 7:31 PM and sunrise at 6:21 AM — about 2m 35s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Passaic drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Passaic, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Passaic ranges from as early as 4:28 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:32 PM (around June 26). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 06m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 13m.