Sunset & Sunrise Today in Lancaster, Texas

In Lancaster, Texas, the sun rises at 7:31 AM and sets at 6:53 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 22m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Lancaster, is at 1:12 PM.

Because Lancaster is at 32.59° (the lower mid-latitudes), daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 55 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Lancaster keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Lancaster runs from about 6:21 PM to 7:09 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:09 PM to 7:18 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Lancaster is at 6:52 PM and sunrise at 7:31 AM — about 1m 56s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Lancaster drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Lancaster, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Lancaster ranges from as early as 5:20 PM (around November 29) to as late as 8:38 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 17m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 59m.