Sunset & Sunrise Today in Madison, Wisconsin

In Madison, Wisconsin, the sun rises at 7:11 AM and sets at 6:14 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 02m of daylight. Local solar noon in Madison falls at 12:43 PM.

Madison lies at latitude 43.07°, 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 50 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Madison move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Madison this evening is roughly 5:36 PM–6:32 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:32 PM to 6:43 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Madison is at 6:12 PM and sunrise at 7:12 AM — about 2m 50s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Madison drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Madison, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Madison ranges from as early as 4:22 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:40 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 21m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 59m.