Sunset & Sunrise Today in Amherst, New York

Today, Saturday, August 29, sunset in Amherst is at 7:54 PM and sunrise was at 6:36 AM, giving Amherst 13h 17m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Amherst, is at 1:16 PM.

Because Amherst is at 42.98° (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 46 seconds. This is summer in Amherst, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Amherst runs from about 7:17 PM to 8:13 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:13 PM to 8:24 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Amherst is at 7:52 PM and sunrise at 6:37 AM — about 2m 47s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Amherst drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Amherst, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Amherst ranges from as early as 4:40 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:58 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 21m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 59m.