Sunset & Sunrise Today in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Altoona, Pennsylvania sees the sun come up at 6:38 AM and go down at 7:49 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 13h 11m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Altoona at 1:14 PM.

Altoona lies at latitude 40.52°, 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 32 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Altoona move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Altoona this evening is roughly 7:14 PM–8:07 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:07 PM to 8:18 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Altoona is at 7:48 PM and sunrise at 6:39 AM — about 2m 33s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Altoona drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Altoona, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Altoona ranges from as early as 4:46 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:47 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 03m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 15m.