Sunset & Sunrise Today in Reading, Pennsylvania

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Reading at 7:39 PM, having risen at 6:28 AM. That works out to 13h 11m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Reading, is at 1:04 PM.

Sitting at 40.34° latitude puts Reading 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 31 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Reading keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Reading runs from about 7:04 PM to 7:57 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:57 PM to 8:08 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Reading is at 7:38 PM and sunrise at 6:29 AM — about 2m 32s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Reading drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Reading right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Reading ranges from as early as 4:36 PM (around December 7) to as late as 8:37 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 02m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 17m.