Sunset & Sunrise Today in Gillette, Wyoming

Today, Saturday, August 29, sunset in Gillette is at 7:43 PM and sunrise was at 6:21 AM, giving Gillette 13h 21m between first and last light. The sun reaches its high point above Gillette at 1:03 PM.

Sitting at 44.29° latitude puts Gillette 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 54 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Gillette keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Gillette runs from about 7:05 PM to 8:02 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:02 PM to 8:13 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Gillette is at 7:41 PM and sunrise at 6:23 AM — about 2m 55s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Gillette drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Gillette right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Gillette ranges from as early as 4:22 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:49 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 30m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 50m.