Sunset & Sunrise Today in Hempstead, New York

In Hempstead, New York, the sun rises at 7:05 AM and sets at 6:13 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 07m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Hempstead, is at 12:40 PM.

Sitting at 40.71° latitude puts Hempstead 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. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Hempstead move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Hempstead this evening is roughly 5:37 PM–6:31 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:31 PM to 6:41 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Hempstead is at 6:12 PM and sunrise at 7:07 AM — about 2m 36s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Hempstead drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Hempstead, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Hempstead ranges from as early as 4:26 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:29 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.