Sunset & Sunrise Today in State College, Pennsylvania

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in State College is at 6:30 PM and sunrise was at 7:23 AM, giving State College 11h 07m between first and last light. The sun reaches its high point above State College at 12:57 PM.

State College lies at latitude 40.79°, 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 37 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in State College move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in State College this evening is roughly 5:54 PM–6:48 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:48 PM to 6:58 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in State College is at 6:29 PM and sunrise at 7:24 AM — about 2m 36s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in State College drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in State College, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in State College ranges from as early as 4:43 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:46 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 14m.