Sunset & Sunrise Today in West New York, New Jersey

On Sunday, August 23, 2026, the sun sets over West New York at 7:42 PM, having risen at 6:14 AM. That works out to 13h 27m of daylight today. Local solar noon in West New York falls at 12:58 PM.

Sitting at 40.79° latitude puts West New York 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 30 seconds. This is summer in West New York, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for West New York's golden hour, about 7:06 PM to 8:00 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:00 PM to 8:11 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in West New York is at 7:40 PM and sunrise at 6:15 AM — about 2m 30s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in West New York drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in West New York, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in West New York ranges from as early as 4:27 PM (around December 7) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 14m.