Sunset & Sunrise Today in Arlington, Virginia

In Arlington, Virginia, the sun rises at 6:34 AM and sets at 7:42 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 13h 07m of daylight. Local solar noon in Arlington falls at 1:09 PM.

Because Arlington is at 38.88° (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 23 seconds. This is summer in Arlington, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Arlington this evening is roughly 7:08 PM–8:00 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:00 PM to 8:10 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Arlington is at 7:41 PM and sunrise at 6:35 AM — about 2m 24s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Arlington drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Arlington right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Arlington ranges from as early as 4:45 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:37 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 53m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 25m.