Sunset & Sunrise Today in Mechanicsville, Virginia

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Mechanicsville is at 6:31 PM and sunrise was at 7:18 AM, giving Mechanicsville 11h 13m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Mechanicsville, is at 12:55 PM.

Because Mechanicsville is at 37.61° (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 20 seconds. This is autumn in Mechanicsville, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Mechanicsville runs from about 5:57 PM to 6:48 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:48 PM to 6:58 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Mechanicsville is at 6:30 PM and sunrise at 7:18 AM — about 2m 19s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Mechanicsville drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Mechanicsville, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Mechanicsville ranges from as early as 4:50 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:34 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 45m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 33m.