Sunset & Sunrise Today in Leesburg, Virginia

In Leesburg, Virginia, the sun rises at 6:31 AM and sets at 7:53 PM today, Sunday, August 23, 2026, for a total of 13h 22m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Leesburg at 1:13 PM.

Sitting at 39.12° latitude puts Leesburg 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 21 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Leesburg move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Leesburg runs from about 7:18 PM to 8:11 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:11 PM to 8:22 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Leesburg is at 7:52 PM and sunrise at 6:32 AM — about 2m 21s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Leesburg drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Leesburg, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Leesburg ranges from as early as 4:47 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:40 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 54m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 24m.