Sunset & Sunrise Today in Plainfield, New Jersey

In Plainfield, New Jersey, the sun rises at 7:09 AM and sets at 6:17 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 08m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Plainfield, is at 12:43 PM.

Sitting at 40.63° latitude puts Plainfield 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. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Plainfield move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Plainfield runs from about 5:40 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 Plainfield is at 6:15 PM and sunrise at 7:10 AM — about 2m 35s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Plainfield drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Plainfield, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Plainfield ranges from as early as 4:30 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:32 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 04m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 15m.