Sunset & Sunrise Today in Far Rockaway, New York

In Far Rockaway, New York, the sun rises at 7:06 AM and sets at 6:14 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 08m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Far Rockaway at 12:40 PM.

Sitting at 40.61° latitude puts Far Rockaway 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 36 seconds. This is autumn in Far Rockaway, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Far Rockaway this evening is roughly 5:38 PM–6:32 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:32 PM to 6:42 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Far Rockaway is at 6:12 PM and sunrise at 7:07 AM — about 2m 35s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Far Rockaway drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Far Rockaway, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Far Rockaway ranges from as early as 4:27 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:29 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 04m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 15m.