Sunset & Sunrise Today in Goldsboro, North Carolina

Goldsboro, North Carolina sees the sun come up at 7:18 AM and go down at 6:36 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 17m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Goldsboro, is at 12:57 PM.

Goldsboro lies at latitude 35.38°, 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 9 seconds. This is autumn in Goldsboro, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Goldsboro runs from about 6:02 PM to 6:52 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:52 PM to 7:02 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Goldsboro is at 6:35 PM and sunrise at 7:19 AM — about 2m 8s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Goldsboro drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Goldsboro, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Goldsboro ranges from as early as 4:58 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 32m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 45m.