Sunset & Sunrise Today in Forest Hills, New York

Today, Saturday, August 29, sunset in Forest Hills is at 7:32 PM and sunrise was at 6:19 AM, giving Forest Hills 13h 12m between first and last light. Local solar noon in Forest Hills falls at 12:56 PM.

Sitting at 40.72° latitude puts Forest Hills 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 34 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Forest Hills move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Forest Hills runs from about 6:56 PM to 7:49 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:49 PM to 8:00 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Forest Hills is at 7:30 PM and sunrise at 6:20 AM — about 2m 34s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Forest Hills drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Forest Hills right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Forest Hills ranges from as early as 4:27 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 14m.