Sunrise and sunset in Phoenix
In Phoenix today, the sun rises at 6:22 AM and sets at 6:14 PM. Day length: 11 h 52 min. Golden hour today: 6:07 AM–6:55 AM in the morning and 5:41 PM–6:29 PM in the evening.
Wednesday, September 30 2026 · United States
Wednesday, September 30 2026 · Times in Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)
Sunrise 6:22 AM · Sunset 6:14 PM · Day length 11 h 52 min
Twilight
| Event | Time | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 4:59 AM | |
| Nautical dawn | 5:28 AM | |
| Civil dawn | 5:57 AM | |
| Sunrise | 6:22 AM | E 93° |
| Solar noon | 12:18 PM | 53.5° |
| Sunset | 6:14 PM | W 267° |
| Civil dusk | 6:39 PM | |
| Nautical dusk | 7:07 PM | |
| Astronomical dusk | 7:36 PM |
Golden and blue hour
| Event | Begins | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Morning blue hour | 5:57 AM | 6:07 AM |
| Morning golden hour | 6:07 AM | 6:55 AM |
| Evening golden hour | 5:41 PM | 6:29 PM |
| Evening blue hour | 6:29 PM | 6:39 PM |
Month table: September 2026
| Date | Civil dawn | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Civil dusk | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 27 | 5:55 AM | 6:20 AM | 12:19 PM | 6:18 PM | 6:43 PM | 11 h 58 min |
| Mon, Sep 28 | 5:56 AM | 6:21 AM | 12:19 PM | 6:17 PM | 6:41 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| Tue, Sep 29 | 5:57 AM | 6:21 AM | 12:19 PM | 6:15 PM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 54 min |
| Wed, Sep 30 | 5:57 AM | 6:22 AM | 12:18 PM | 6:14 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 52 min |
Daylight through the year
- Daylight
- Civil twilight
- Nautical twilight
- Astronomical twilight
- Night
Each column is one day. Yellow shows daylight, the blue shades show civil, nautical and astronomical twilight, dark blue is night. Steps in spring and autumn are daylight saving time changes.
Sun path
- Selected day
- June solstice
- December solstice
The sun’s path across the sky seen from above: the centre is straight overhead, the edge is the horizon. Solid: selected day. Dashed: June and December solstices.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. How we calculate
Sun facts in Phoenix
Phoenix lies at 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W, 331 m above sea level, in the America/Phoenix time zone.
The longest day of 2026 is June 21, with 14 h 22 min of daylight.
The shortest day is December 21, with only 9 h 56 min.
The earliest sunset (5:20 PM) is on December 4 and the latest sunrise (7:33 AM) on January 8: neither falls on the shortest day, because of the equation of time.
At noon, the sun climbs to 80° above the horizon in June but only 33° in December.
In June, Phoenix gets 1 h 37 min less daylight than Seattle; in December the difference is 1 h 31 min the other way.
No daylight saving time; clocks stay the same all year.
About the sun in Phoenix
Phoenix is one of the few places in the United States that does not use daylight saving time: Arizona, apart from the Navajo Nation, stays on Mountain Standard Time all year. In summer that means relatively early sunrises and sunsets on the clock compared with neighbouring states. The Valley of the Sun is ringed by mountains, and desert sunsets over the White Tank and Estrella Mountains are famously colourful.