Los Angeles, California Sunset Time Today
Los Angeles sunset and sunrise times, golden hour, blue hour, and how your daylight is changing
Los Angeles, CA · Sunset & sunrise today
Sunset 6:51 PM Sunrise 6:41 AM
12h 10m of daylight, −1m shorter than yesterday.
Tomorrow in Los Angeles · Tue, Sep 22
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:41 AM · Sunset tomorrow: 6:50 PM
Sunrise the same time as today · sunset 1 minute earlier than today
In Los Angeles, the sun rises at 6:41 AM tomorrow and sets at 6:50 PM.
Golden hour & blue hour today
Morning
Golden hour6:41 AM – 7:15 AM
Blue hour6:17 AM – 6:41 AM
Evening
Golden hour6:20 PM – 6:51 PM
Blue hour6:51 PM – 7:18 PM
Golden hour: the sun between the horizon and 6° up. Blue hour: civil twilight, down to 6° below the horizon.
Sunrise time in Los Angeles
The sun rises in Los Angeles at 6:41 AM today and at 6:41 AM tomorrow (the same time as today).
First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins at 6:17 AM.
For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light until the sun climbs 6° — runs from 6:41 AM to 7:15 AM.
Sunrise & sunset this week
| Day | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 6:41 AM | 6:51 PM | 12h 10m |
| Tue, Sep 22 | 6:41 AM | 6:50 PM | 12h 9m |
| Wed, Sep 23 | 6:42 AM | 6:48 PM | 12h 6m |
| Thu, Sep 24 | 6:43 AM | 6:47 PM | 12h 4m |
| Fri, Sep 25 | 6:44 AM | 6:45 PM | 12h 1m |
| Sat, Sep 26 | 6:44 AM | 6:44 PM | 12h 0m |
| Sun, Sep 27 | 6:45 AM | 6:43 PM | 11h 58m |
Los Angeles daylight month by month
The 1st of each month in 2026, in local time.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7:00 AM | 4:56 PM | 9h 56m |
| Feb | 6:52 AM | 5:24 PM | 10h 33m |
| Mar | 6:23 AM | 5:50 PM | 11h 27m |
| Apr | 6:42 AM | 7:15 PM | 12h 33m |
| May | 6:05 AM | 7:38 PM | 13h 33m |
| Jun | 5:44 AM | 8:01 PM | 14h 17m |
| Jul | 5:46 AM | 8:10 PM | 14h 23m |
| Aug | 6:06 AM | 7:56 PM | 13h 50m |
| Sep | 6:28 AM | 7:21 PM | 12h 53m |
| Oct | 6:49 AM | 6:39 PM | 11h 50m |
| Nov | 6:14 AM | 5:02 PM | 10h 48m |
| Dec | 6:42 AM | 4:45 PM | 10h 3m |
Los Angeles’s longest and shortest days
From 14h 26m of daylight on June 21, 2026 to 9h 53m on December 21, 2026.
| Solar landmark | Date (2026) | Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Longest day | Jun 21 | 14h 26m |
| Spring equinox | Mar 20 | 12h 8m |
| Fall equinox | Sep 22 | 12h 9m |
| Shortest day | Dec 21 | 9h 53m |
How fast Los Angeles gains and loses daylight
Daily rate at mid-month; net change across the month.
| Month | Daily rate | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | gaining 1m 11s a day | +37m |
| Feb | gaining 1m 58s a day | +54m |
| Mar | gaining 2m 8s a day | +1h 6m |
| Apr | gaining 2m 1s a day | +1h |
| May | gaining 1m 29s a day | +44m |
| Jun | gaining 17s a day | +7m |
| Jul | losing 1m 3s a day | −33m |
| Aug | losing 1m 51s a day | −57m |
| Sep | losing 2m 6s a day | −1h 3m |
| Oct | losing 2m 3s a day | −1h 3m |
| Nov | losing 1m 33s a day | −45m |
| Dec | losing 20s a day | −8m |
Los Angeles golden hour & blue hour by season
The same altitude-based windows as today’s card, at each solstice and equinox.
| Season | Evening gold | Evening blue | Morning gold | Morning blue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring equinox | 6:33–7:06 PM | 7:06–7:31 PM | 6:58–7:31 AM | 6:33–6:58 AM |
| Summer solstice | 7:32–8:09 PM | 8:09–8:38 PM | 5:43–6:20 AM | 5:14–5:43 AM |
| Fall equinox | 6:19–6:52 PM | 6:52–7:17 PM | 6:42–7:15 AM | 6:17–6:42 AM |
| Winter solstice | 4:10–4:49 PM | 4:49–5:17 PM | 6:56–7:35 AM | 6:28–6:56 AM |
Daylight saving time in Los Angeles
Clocks move an hour; the daylight doesn’t change.
| Clock change | Date (2026) | UTC offset |
|---|---|---|
| Spring forward | Sun, Mar 8 | UTC−7 |
| Fall back | Sun, Nov 1 | UTC−8 |
Why sunset time shifts in Los Angeles
Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.
In Los Angeles, the longest day carries about 14h 26m of daylight and the shortest just 9h 53m — a swing of roughly 4h 33m between the June and December solstices. The farther a place sits from the equator, the wider that gap; the pace also isn’t steady, moving fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the solstices. Every figure here is computed from the sun’s position for Los Angeles’s exact coordinates, in local time.
Frequently asked
- When is the earliest and latest sunset in Los Angeles?
- Los Angeles's earliest sunset in 2026 is 4:45 PM around December 5, 16 days before the shortest day. The latest is 8:10 PM around June 29, 8 days after the longest day. Both are local clock times.
- How much daylight does Los Angeles get on the longest and shortest days?
- Los Angeles gets about 14h 26m of daylight on the longest day, June 21, 2026, and 9h 53m on the shortest, December 21, 2026: a swing of 4h 33m.
- When is golden hour in Los Angeles?
- Near the June solstice, Los Angeles's evening golden hour runs 7:32–8:09 PM and the morning one 5:43–6:20 AM. Near the December solstice they run 4:10–4:49 PM and 6:56–7:35 AM. Golden hour here is the time the sun spends between the horizon and 6° up.
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