Sunset & Sunrise Today in Clay, New York

Clay, New York sees the sun come up at 7:18 AM and go down at 6:21 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 02m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Clay, is at 12:50 PM.

Sitting at 43.19° latitude puts Clay 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 51 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Clay move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Clay this evening is roughly 5:43 PM–6:39 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:39 PM to 6:50 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Clay is at 6:19 PM and sunrise at 7:19 AM — about 2m 50s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Clay drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Clay, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Clay ranges from as early as 4:28 PM (around December 8) to as late as 8:48 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 22m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 58m.