Sunset & Sunrise Today in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Eau Claire at 7:47 PM, having risen at 6:25 AM. That works out to 13h 22m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Eau Claire at 1:07 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 2 minutes shorter and 58 seconds. Through summer, 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 7:09 PM to 8:07 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:07 PM to 8:18 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Eau Claire is at 7:45 PM and sunrise at 6:26 AM — about 2m 58s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Eau Claire drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Eau Claire, the season of long evenings. 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.