Sunset & Sunrise Today in Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces, New Mexico sees the sun come up at 6:40 AM and go down at 7:34 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 12h 54m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Las Cruces falls at 1:08 PM.

Sitting at 32.31° latitude puts Las Cruces in the lower mid-latitudes — daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 52 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Las Cruces move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Las Cruces this evening is roughly 7:02 PM–7:50 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:50 PM to 8:00 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Las Cruces is at 7:33 PM and sunrise at 6:41 AM — about 1m 53s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Las Cruces drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Las Cruces, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Las Cruces ranges from as early as 5:01 PM (around November 28) to as late as 8:17 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 15m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 10h 01m.