Sunset & Sunrise Today in Manhattan, New York

In Manhattan, New York, the sun rises at 6:00 AM and sets at 8:01 PM today, Sunday, August 9, 2026, for a total of 14h 01m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Manhattan, is at 1:01 PM.

Manhattan lies at latitude 40.78°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 15 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Manhattan keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Manhattan runs from about 7:24 PM to 8:20 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:20 PM to 8:32 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Manhattan is at 8:00 PM and sunrise at 6:01 AM — about 2m 16s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Manhattan drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Manhattan, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Manhattan ranges from as early as 4:27 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 14m.