Chicago, United States Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Chicago, United States (Illinois, Cook County). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 14:57 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Chicago local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:47 (elapsed time: -2h 10m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 68.1°. Day Length: 14h 43m 17s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	05:25:31	12:47:10	20:08:48
Azimuth	61.7°	180°	298.3°
Day Length		14h 43m 17s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 404 155 km
94 078 180 mi
Chicago ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 703 240 km
93 642 652 mi

Chicago on map:

Chicago

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-05:00
Latitude:	41.85003°
Longitude:	-87.65005°
Country:	United States Illinois
Population:	2 720 546

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

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	03:25:59	3h 25m 59s
Astronomical Twilight	03:25:59	04:12:29	46m 30s
Nautical Twilight	04:12:29	04:53:11	40m 42s
Civil Twilight	04:53:11	05:25:31	32m 20s
Daylight	05:25:31	20:08:48	14h 43m 17s
Civil Twilight	20:08:48	20:41:08	32m 20s
Nautical Twilight	20:41:08	21:21:50	40m 42s
Astronomical Twilight	21:21:50	22:08:20	46m 30s
Night	22:08:20	23:59:59	1h 51m 39s

Chicago Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 54.9° ( 14:57)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 241.6° ( 14:57)

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Chicago

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sunrise:	05:27:15	05:26:22	05:25:31	05:24:42	05:23:54
Solar noon:	12:47:03	12:47:06	12:47:10	12:47:13	12:47:18
Sunset:	20:06:52	20:07:50	20:08:48	20:09:45	20:10:42
Day Length:	14h 39m 37s	14h 41m 28s	14h 43m 17s	14h 45m 3s	14h 46m 48s

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