Raleigh, United States Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Raleigh, United States (North Carolina, Wake County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-11-12, 17:55 (GMT-05:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Raleigh local time. Solar noon Today was at: 11:58 (elapsed time: -5h 57m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 36.5°. Day Length: 10h 21m 52s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:47:47	11:58:43	17:09:39
Azimuth	111.3°	180°	248.5°
Day Length		10h 21m 52s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 148 043 808 km
91 990 157 mi
Raleigh ↔ Sun, nearest point: 147 349 178 km
91 558 534 mi

Raleigh on map:

Raleigh

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-05:00
Latitude:	35.7721°
Longitude:	-78.63861°
Country:	United States North Carolina
Population:	451 066

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

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	05:19:56	5h 19m 56s
Astronomical Twilight	05:19:56	05:50:07	30m 11s
Nautical Twilight	05:50:07	06:20:50	30m 43s
Civil Twilight	06:20:50	06:47:47	26m 57s
Daylight	06:47:47	17:09:39	10h 21m 52s
Civil Twilight	17:09:39	17:36:35	26m 56s
Nautical Twilight	17:36:35	18:07:18	30m 43s
Astronomical Twilight	18:07:18	18:37:29	30m 11s
Night	18:37:29	23:59:59	5h 22m 30s

Raleigh Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -9.7° ( 17:55)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 255° ( 17:55)

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-11-10	2026-11-11	2026-11-12	2026-11-13	2026-11-14
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Sunrise:	06:45:47	06:46:47	06:47:47	06:48:46	06:49:46
Solar noon:	11:58:29	11:58:35	11:58:43	11:58:51	11:59:00
Sunset:	17:11:10	17:10:24	17:09:39	17:08:56	17:08:14
Day Length:	10h 25m 23s	10h 23m 37s	10h 21m 52s	10h 20m 10s	10h 18m 28s

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