Sunset & Sunrise Today in Lubbock, Texas

In Lubbock, Texas, the sun rises at 7:10 AM and sets at 8:32 PM today, Sunday, August 16, 2026, for a total of 13h 21m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Lubbock at 1:51 PM.

Lubbock lies at latitude 33.58°, in the lower mid-latitudes, where daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 50 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Lubbock move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Lubbock runs from about 7:59 PM to 8:48 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:48 PM to 8:58 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Lubbock is at 8:30 PM and sunrise at 7:11 AM — about 1m 50s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Lubbock drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Lubbock right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Lubbock ranges from as early as 5:38 PM (around November 30) to as late as 9:01 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 22m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 54m.