Sunset & Sunrise Today in Oakton, Virginia

In Oakton, Virginia, the sun rises at 7:18 AM and sets at 6:30 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 11m of daylight. Local solar noon in Oakton falls at 12:55 PM.

Oakton lies at latitude 38.88°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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. Through autumn, the sunset time in Oakton keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Oakton's golden hour, about 5:55 PM to 6:47 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:47 PM to 6:57 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Oakton is at 6:28 PM and sunrise at 7:19 AM — about 2m 25s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Oakton drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Oakton, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Oakton ranges from as early as 4:46 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:38 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 53m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 25m.