Sunset & Sunrise Today in Knoxville, Tennessee

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Knoxville at 6:59 PM, having risen at 7:42 AM. That works out to 11h 16m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Knoxville at 1:21 PM.

Knoxville lies at latitude 35.96°, 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 12 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Knoxville keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Knoxville runs from about 6:25 PM to 7:15 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:15 PM to 7:25 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Knoxville is at 6:58 PM and sunrise at 7:43 AM — about 2m 11s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Knoxville drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Knoxville, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Knoxville ranges from as early as 5:21 PM (around November 28) to as late as 8:56 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 35m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 42m.