Sunset & Sunrise Today in Reston, Virginia

In Reston, Virginia, the sun rises at 6:30 AM and sets at 7:52 PM today, Sunday, August 23, 2026, for a total of 13h 22m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Reston at 1:12 PM.

Reston lies at latitude 38.97°, 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 20 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Reston move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Reston runs from about 7:17 PM to 8:10 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:10 PM to 8:21 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Reston is at 7:51 PM and sunrise at 6:31 AM — about 2m 21s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Reston drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Reston, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Reston ranges from as early as 4:46 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:38 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 53m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 25m.