Sunset & Sunrise Today in Union City, New Jersey

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Union City at 7:32 PM, having risen at 6:20 AM. That works out to 13h 12m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Union City falls at 12:57 PM.

Because Union City is at 40.78° (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. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Union City move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Union City this evening is roughly 6:57 PM–7:50 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:50 PM to 8:01 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Union City is at 7:31 PM and sunrise at 6:21 AM — about 2m 34s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Union City drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Union City right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Union City ranges from as early as 4:28 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:31 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 14m.