sun .5deg.comSunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Raleigh, United States (North Carolina, Wake County).
Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 11:16 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York
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All times are shown in Raleigh local time.
Solar noon
Today will be at: 13:11 (remaining time: +1h 54m),
Maximal altitude of Sun: 74.2°.
Day Length: 14h 11m 27s (time between sunrise and sunset).
| Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | |
| Time | 06:05:23 | 13:11:07 | 20:16:50 |
| Azimuth | 64.4° | 180° | 295.7° |
| Day Length | ![]() |
14h 11m 27s | ![]() |
Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 398 414 km
94 074 613 mi
Raleigh ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 697 180 km
93 638 886 mi

| Local timezone: | GMT-04:00 |
| Latitude: | 35.7721° |
| Longitude: | -78.63861° |
| Country: | United States North Carolina |
| Population: | 451 066 |
| Zone Type | Start | End | Length | |
| Night | 00:00:00 | 04:23:09 | 4h 23m 9s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 04:23:09 | 05:01:23 | 38m 14s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 05:01:23 | 05:36:38 | 35m 15s | |
| Civil Twilight | 05:36:38 | 06:05:23 | 28m 45s | |
| Daylight | 06:05:23 | 20:16:50 | 14h 11m 27s | |
| Civil Twilight | 20:16:50 | 20:45:35 | 28m 45s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 20:45:35 | 21:20:51 | 35m 16s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 21:20:51 | 21:59:04 | 38m 13s | |
| Night | 21:59:04 | 23:59:59 | 2h 0m 55s |
Altitude
0-24, Current: 60.3° (
11:16)
Azimuth
0-24, Current: 114.4° (
11:16)
Solar noon
| 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: | 06:06:44 | 06:06:03 | 06:05:23 | 06:04:45 | 06:04:09 |
| Solar noon: | 13:11:00 | 13:11:03 | 13:11:07 | 13:11:11 | 13:11:15 |
| Sunset: | 20:15:17 | 20:16:04 | 20:16:50 | 20:17:36 | 20:18:21 |
| Day Length: | 14h 8m 33s | 14h 10m 1s | 14h 11m 27s | 14h 12m 51s | 14h 14m 12s |
Raleigh sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):