Sunset & Sunrise Today in Ashburn, Virginia

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Ashburn at 6:30 PM, having risen at 7:19 AM. That works out to 11h 11m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Ashburn at 12:55 PM.

Sitting at 39.04° latitude puts Ashburn 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 27 seconds. This is autumn in Ashburn, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Ashburn's golden hour, about 5:55 PM to 6:48 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:48 PM to 6:58 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Ashburn is at 6:29 PM and sunrise at 7:20 AM — about 2m 27s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Ashburn drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Ashburn, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Ashburn ranges from as early as 4:47 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:39 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 54m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 24m.