Sunset & Sunrise Today in Schenectady, New York

Today, Sunday, August 23, sunset in Schenectady is at 7:44 PM and sunrise was at 6:11 AM, giving Schenectady 13h 33m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Schenectady, is at 12:58 PM.

Schenectady lies at latitude 42.81°, 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 41 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Schenectady keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Schenectady runs from about 7:07 PM to 8:03 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:03 PM to 8:15 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Schenectady is at 7:43 PM and sunrise at 6:12 AM — about 2m 42s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Schenectady drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Schenectady, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Schenectady ranges from as early as 4:21 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:38 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 19m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 00m.