Sunset & Sunrise Today in West Orange, New Jersey

In West Orange, New Jersey, the sun rises at 6:15 AM and sets at 7:43 PM today, Sunday, August 23, 2026, for a total of 13h 27m of daylight. Local solar noon in West Orange falls at 12:59 PM.

Sitting at 40.80° latitude puts West Orange 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 Orange, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in West Orange runs from about 7:07 PM to 8:01 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:01 PM to 8:12 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in West Orange is at 7:41 PM and sunrise at 6:16 AM — about 2m 31s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in West Orange drift across the whole year.

It's summer in West Orange right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in West Orange ranges from as early as 4:28 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:32 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.