Boston, United States Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Boston, United States (Massachusetts, Suffolk County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 04:53 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Boston local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 12:40 (remaining time: +7h 48m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 67.8°. Day Length: 14h 47m 59s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	05:16:52	12:40:52	20:04:51
Azimuth	61.2°	180°	298.8°
Day Length		14h 47m 59s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 419 906 km
94 087 968 mi
Boston ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 724 733 km
93 656 007 mi

Boston on map:

Boston

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
Latitude:	42.35843°
Longitude:	-71.05977°
Country:	United States Massachusetts
Population:	667 137

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Boston

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	03:14:46	3h 14m 46s
Astronomical Twilight	03:14:46	04:02:36	47m 50s
Nautical Twilight	04:02:36	04:44:04	41m 28s
Civil Twilight	04:44:04	05:16:52	32m 48s
Daylight	05:16:52	20:04:51	14h 47m 59s
Civil Twilight	20:04:51	20:37:39	32m 48s
Nautical Twilight	20:37:39	21:19:08	41m 29s
Astronomical Twilight	21:19:08	22:06:57	47m 49s
Night	22:06:57	23:59:59	1h 53m 2s

Boston Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -4.7° ( 04:53)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 57.1° ( 04:53)

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Boston

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22	2026-05-23
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Sunrise:	05:18:35	05:17:43	05:16:52	05:16:04	05:15:17
Solar noon:	12:40:44	12:40:48	12:40:52	12:40:56	12:41:01
Sunset:	20:02:54	20:03:53	20:04:51	20:05:49	20:06:45
Day Length:	14h 44m 19s	14h 46m 10s	14h 47m 59s	14h 49m 45s	14h 51m 28s

Boston sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):