Cow Creek, South Dakota Sunset Time Today

Sunrise time in Cow Creek

The sun rises in Cow Creek at 7:28 AM today and at 7:29 AM tomorrow (1 minute later than today).

First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins at 6:59 AM.

For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light until the sun climbs 6° — runs from 7:28 AM to 8:07 AM.

Cow Creek daylight month by month

The 1st of each month in 2026, in local time.

Cow Creek’s longest and shortest days

From 15h 33m of daylight on June 21, 2026 to 8h 49m on December 21, 2026.

How fast Cow Creek gains and loses daylight

Daily rate at mid-month; net change across the month.

Cow Creek golden hour & blue hour by season

The same altitude-based windows as today’s card, at each solstice and equinox.

Daylight saving time in Cow Creek

Clocks move an hour; the daylight doesn’t change.

Why sunset time shifts in Cow Creek

Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.

In Cow Creek, the longest day carries about 15h 33m of daylight and the shortest just 8h 49m — a swing of roughly 6h 44m 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 Cow Creek’s exact coordinates, in local time.