Sunset & Sunrise Today in Parkersburg, West Virginia

In Parkersburg, West Virginia, the sun rises at 7:36 AM and sets at 6:47 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 10m of daylight. Local solar noon in Parkersburg falls at 1:12 PM.

Sitting at 39.27° latitude puts Parkersburg 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 29 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Parkersburg move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Parkersburg runs from about 6:11 PM to 7:04 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:04 PM to 7:14 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Parkersburg is at 6:45 PM and sunrise at 7:37 AM — about 2m 28s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Parkersburg drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Parkersburg, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Parkersburg ranges from as early as 5:02 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:56 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 55m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 23m.