Sunset & Sunrise Today in Cary, North Carolina

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Cary is at 6:39 PM and sunrise was at 7:22 AM, giving Cary 11h 17m between first and last light. The sun reaches its high point above Cary at 1:00 PM.

Sitting at 35.79° latitude puts Cary 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 11 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Cary move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Cary runs from about 6:05 PM to 6:55 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:55 PM to 7:05 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Cary is at 6:37 PM and sunrise at 7:22 AM — about 2m 10s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Cary drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Cary, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Cary ranges from as early as 5:00 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:35 PM (around June 26). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 34m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 43m.