Sunset & Sunrise Today in Wake Forest, North Carolina

Today, Sunday, September 20, sunset in Wake Forest is at 7:13 PM and sunrise was at 7:00 AM, giving Wake Forest 12h 12m between first and last light. Local solar noon in Wake Forest falls at 1:07 PM.

Sitting at 35.98° latitude puts Wake Forest 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 15 seconds. This is autumn in Wake Forest, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

The autumn equinox falls in 2 days, so day length is changing quickly right now.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Wake Forest runs from about 6:40 PM to 7:29 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:29 PM to 7:39 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Wake Forest is at 7:12 PM and sunrise at 7:01 AM — about 2m 16s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Wake Forest drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Wake Forest, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Wake Forest ranges from as early as 4:59 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:34 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 35m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 42m.