Sunset & Sunrise Today in Cranston, Rhode Island

Cranston, Rhode Island sees the sun come up at 6:08 AM and go down at 7:23 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 13h 14m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Cranston at 12:46 PM.

Sitting at 41.78° latitude puts Cranston 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 39 seconds. This is summer in Cranston, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Cranston runs from about 6:47 PM to 7:41 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:41 PM to 7:52 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Cranston is at 7:22 PM and sunrise at 6:09 AM — about 2m 40s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Cranston drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Cranston, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Cranston ranges from as early as 4:14 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:24 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 12m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 07m.