Sunset & Sunrise Today in Staten Island, New York

Today, Sunday, August 16, sunset in Staten Island is at 7:52 PM and sunrise was at 6:08 AM, giving Staten Island 13h 44m between first and last light. The sun reaches its high point above Staten Island at 1:00 PM.

Staten Island lies at latitude 40.56°, 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 22 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Staten Island move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Staten Island's golden hour, about 7:16 PM to 8:10 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:10 PM to 8:22 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Staten Island is at 7:51 PM and sunrise at 6:09 AM — about 2m 23s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Staten Island drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Staten Island right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Staten Island ranges from as early as 4:29 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 04m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 15m.