Sunset & Sunrise Today in Piscataway, New Jersey

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Piscataway is at 6:17 PM and sunrise was at 7:08 AM, giving Piscataway 11h 08m between first and last light. Local solar noon in Piscataway falls at 12:43 PM.

Sitting at 40.50° latitude puts Piscataway 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 36 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Piscataway keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Piscataway runs from about 5:41 PM to 6:34 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:34 PM to 6:45 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Piscataway is at 6:15 PM and sunrise at 7:09 AM — about 2m 34s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Piscataway drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Piscataway, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Piscataway ranges from as early as 4:30 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 03m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 16m.