Sunset & Sunrise Today in Richmond Hill, New York

Richmond Hill, New York sees the sun come up at 6:19 AM and go down at 7:31 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 13h 12m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Richmond Hill at 12:56 PM.

Sitting at 40.70° latitude puts Richmond Hill 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 33 seconds. This is summer in Richmond Hill, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Richmond Hill 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 Richmond Hill 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 Richmond Hill drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Richmond Hill right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Richmond Hill ranges from as early as 4:27 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 14m.