Sunset & Sunrise Today in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the sun rises at 7:16 AM and sets at 6:25 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 09m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Lancaster at 12:51 PM.

Sitting at 40.04° latitude puts Lancaster 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 32 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Lancaster move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Lancaster this evening is roughly 5:49 PM–6:42 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:42 PM to 6:53 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Lancaster is at 6:23 PM and sunrise at 7:17 AM — about 2m 32s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Lancaster drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Lancaster, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Lancaster ranges from as early as 4:39 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:38 PM (around June 26). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 00m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 18m.