Sunset & Sunrise Today in Erie, Pennsylvania

Today, Wednesday, July 15, sunset in Erie is at 8:54 PM and sunrise was at 5:58 AM, giving Erie 14h 56m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Erie, is at 1:26 PM.

Sitting at 42.13° latitude puts Erie 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 1 minute shorter and 26 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Erie keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Erie runs from about 8:14 PM to 9:15 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 9:15 PM to 9:28 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Erie is at 8:53 PM and sunrise at 5:58 AM — about 1m 30s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Erie drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Erie right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Erie ranges from as early as 4:48 PM (around December 2) to as late as 9:00 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 14m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 05m.