Sunset & Sunrise Today in Morningside Heights, New York

Morningside Heights, New York sees the sun come up at 6:14 AM and go down at 7:41 PM on Sunday, August 23, 2026 — 13h 27m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Morningside Heights at 12:58 PM.

Sitting at 40.81° latitude puts Morningside Heights 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 30 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Morningside Heights move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Morningside Heights this evening is roughly 7:05 PM–8:00 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:00 PM to 8:11 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Morningside Heights is at 7:40 PM and sunrise at 6:15 AM — about 2m 31s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Morningside Heights drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Morningside Heights, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Morningside Heights ranges from as early as 4:27 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 14m.