Sunrise and sunset in Seattle
In Seattle today, the sun rises at 7:07 AM and sets at 6:50 PM. Day length: 11 h 43 min. Golden hour today: 6:48 AM–7:48 AM in the morning and 6:09 PM–7:09 PM in the evening.
Wednesday, September 30 2026 · United States
Wednesday, September 30 2026 · Times in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
Sunrise 7:07 AM · Sunset 6:50 PM · Day length 11 h 43 min
Twilight
| Event | Time | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 5:24 AM | |
| Nautical dawn | 6:01 AM | |
| Civil dawn | 6:37 AM | |
| Sunrise | 7:07 AM | E 93° |
| Solar noon | 12:59 PM | 39.4° |
| Sunset | 6:50 PM | W 266° |
| Civil dusk | 7:21 PM | |
| Nautical dusk | 7:57 PM | |
| Astronomical dusk | 8:33 PM |
Golden and blue hour
| Event | Begins | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Morning blue hour | 6:37 AM | 6:48 AM |
| Morning golden hour | 6:48 AM | 7:48 AM |
| Evening golden hour | 6:09 PM | 7:09 PM |
| Evening blue hour | 7:09 PM | 7:21 PM |
Month table: September 2026
| Date | Civil dawn | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Civil dusk | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 27 | 6:32 AM | 7:03 AM | 1:00 PM | 6:56 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 53 min |
| Mon, Sep 28 | 6:34 AM | 7:05 AM | 1:00 PM | 6:54 PM | 7:25 PM | 11 h 50 min |
| Tue, Sep 29 | 6:35 AM | 7:06 AM | 1:00 PM | 6:52 PM | 7:23 PM | 11 h 46 min |
| Wed, Sep 30 | 6:37 AM | 7:07 AM | 12:59 PM | 6:50 PM | 7:21 PM | 11 h 43 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 Seattle
Seattle lies at 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W, 53 m above sea level, in the America/Los Angeles time zone.
The longest day of 2026 is June 21, with 15 h 59 min of daylight.
The shortest day is December 21, with only 8 h 26 min.
The earliest sunset (4:18 PM) is on December 10 and the latest sunrise (7:58 AM) on January 1: neither falls on the shortest day, because of the equation of time.
At noon, the sun climbs to 66° above the horizon in June but only 19° in December.
In June, Seattle gets 1 h 57 min more daylight than San Antonio; in December the difference is 1 h 50 min the other way.
Clocks go forward on March 8 and back on November 1.
About the sun in Seattle
Seattle lies at about 47.6° N, so its day length changes a lot through the year: nearly 16 hours in June and less than 8 hours 30 minutes in December. The sun sets behind the Olympic Mountains across Puget Sound for much of the year, and around the June solstice the sky is fully dark for only a short time around midnight, when the sun dips just past 18° below the horizon.