Sunset & Sunrise Today in Amherst, New York

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Amherst is at 6:32 PM and sunrise was at 7:29 AM, giving Amherst 11h 03m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Amherst, is at 1:01 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 50 seconds. This is autumn in Amherst, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Amherst runs from about 5:54 PM to 6:50 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:50 PM to 7:01 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Amherst is at 6:30 PM and sunrise at 7:30 AM — about 2m 49s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Amherst drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Amherst, when sunset creeps earlier each week. 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.