Sunset & Sunrise Today in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Eau Claire at 6:20 PM, having risen at 7:21 AM. That works out to 10h 58m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Eau Claire at 12:51 PM.

Sitting at 44.81° latitude puts Eau Claire 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 3 minutes shorter and 1 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Eau Claire keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Eau Claire runs from about 5:41 PM to 6:39 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:39 PM to 6:50 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Eau Claire is at 6:19 PM and sunrise at 7:23 AM — about 3m 1s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Eau Claire drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Eau Claire, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Eau Claire ranges from as early as 4:24 PM (around December 6) to as late as 8:55 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 35m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 46m.