Sunset & Sunrise Today in Sheepshead Bay, New York

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Sheepshead Bay at 6:15 PM, having risen at 7:07 AM. That works out to 11h 08m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Sheepshead Bay, is at 12:41 PM.

Sheepshead Bay lies at latitude 40.59°, 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 35 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Sheepshead Bay keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

Golden hour in Sheepshead Bay this evening is roughly 5:39 PM–6:32 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:32 PM to 6:43 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Sheepshead Bay is at 6:13 PM and sunrise at 7:08 AM — about 2m 36s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Sheepshead Bay drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Sheepshead Bay, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Sheepshead Bay ranges from as early as 4:28 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 04m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 15m.