Raleigh, United States Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Raleigh, United States (North Carolina, Wake County). Current time: Thursday, 2026-08-06, 16:19 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Raleigh local time. Solar noon Today was at: 13:20 (elapsed time: -2h 59m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 70.9°. Day Length: 13h 47m 49s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:26:32	13:20:26	20:14:21
Azimuth	68.6°	180°	291.2°
Day Length		13h 47m 49s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 718 629 km
94 273 585 mi
Raleigh ↔ Sun, nearest point: 151 018 343 km
93 838 448 mi

Raleigh on map:

Raleigh

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
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	04:49:41	4h 49m 41s
Astronomical Twilight	04:49:41	05:25:20	35m 39s
Nautical Twilight	05:25:20	05:58:52	33m 32s
Civil Twilight	05:58:52	06:26:32	27m 40s
Daylight	06:26:32	20:14:21	13h 47m 49s
Civil Twilight	20:14:21	20:42:01	27m 40s
Nautical Twilight	20:42:01	21:15:33	33m 32s
Astronomical Twilight	21:15:33	21:51:12	35m 39s
Night	21:51:12	23:59:59	2h 8m 47s

Raleigh Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 46° ( 16:19)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 256.2° ( 16:19)

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07	2026-08-08
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Sunrise:	06:24:58	06:25:45	06:26:32	06:27:19	06:28:06
Solar noon:	13:20:39	13:20:33	13:20:26	13:20:19	13:20:11
Sunset:	20:16:20	20:15:21	20:14:21	20:13:19	20:12:16
Day Length:	13h 51m 22s	13h 49m 36s	13h 47m 49s	13h 46m 0s	13h 44m 10s

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