Chicago, United States Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Chicago, United States (Illinois, Cook County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-08-27, 15:19 (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago . All times are shown in Chicago local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:52 (elapsed time: -2h 27m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 58.2°. Day Length: 13h 21m 4s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:11:31	12:52:03	19:32:35
Azimuth	75.6°	180°	284.1°
Day Length		13h 21m 4s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 122 797 km
93 903 353 mi
Chicago ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 422 610 km
93 468 277 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	04:31:08	4h 31m 8s
Astronomical Twilight	04:31:08	05:07:52	36m 44s
Nautical Twilight	05:07:52	05:42:39	34m 47s
Civil Twilight	05:42:39	06:11:31	28m 52s
Daylight	06:11:31	19:32:35	13h 21m 4s
Civil Twilight	19:32:35	20:01:27	28m 52s
Nautical Twilight	20:01:27	20:36:14	34m 47s
Astronomical Twilight	20:36:14	21:12:58	36m 44s
Night	21:12:58	23:59:59	2h 47m 1s

Chicago Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 44.8° ( 15:19)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 235.9° ( 15:19)

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Chicago

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-25	2026-08-26	2026-08-27	2026-08-28	2026-08-29
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Sunrise:	06:09:28	06:10:30	06:11:31	06:12:33	06:13:35
Solar noon:	12:52:37	12:52:20	12:52:03	12:51:45	12:51:27
Sunset:	19:35:47	19:34:11	19:32:35	19:30:57	19:29:19
Day Length:	13h 26m 19s	13h 23m 41s	13h 21m 4s	13h 18m 24s	13h 15m 44s

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