Sunset & Sunrise Today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

On Saturday, August 15, 2026, the sun sets over Philadelphia at 7:56 PM, having risen at 6:12 AM. That works out to 13h 44m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Philadelphia at 1:05 PM.

Philadelphia lies at latitude 39.95°, 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 18 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Philadelphia move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Philadelphia runs from about 7:20 PM to 8:15 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:15 PM to 8:26 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Philadelphia is at 7:55 PM and sunrise at 6:13 AM — about 2m 19s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Philadelphia drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Philadelphia right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Philadelphia ranges from as early as 4:35 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:33 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 00m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 19m.