Sunset & Sunrise Today in Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria, Virginia sees the sun come up at 6:34 AM and go down at 7:42 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 13h 07m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Alexandria falls at 1:09 PM.

Sitting at 38.80° latitude puts Alexandria 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 24 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Alexandria move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Alexandria runs from about 7:08 PM to 8:00 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:00 PM to 8:10 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Alexandria is at 7:41 PM and sunrise at 6:35 AM — about 2m 23s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Alexandria drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Alexandria, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Alexandria ranges from as early as 4:45 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:37 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 52m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 26m.