Earlington, Kentucky Sunset Time Today

Earlington sunset and sunrise times, golden hour, blue hour, and how your daylight is changing

Earlington, KY · Sunset & sunrise today

Sunset today at 7:56 PM · Sunrise 5:55 AM

Sunset is at 7:56 PM — 14h 1m of daylight, −2m shorter than yesterday.

−2m shorter than yesterday

Tomorrow in Earlington · Mon, Aug 3

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 AM · Sunset tomorrow: 7:55 PM

Sunrise 1 minute later than today · sunset 1 minute earlier than today

In Earlington, the sun rises at 5:56 AM tomorrow and sets at 7:55 PM.

Golden hour & blue hour today

Morning

Golden hour5:55 AM6:55 AM

Blue hour5:25 AM5:55 AM

Evening

Golden hour6:56 PM7:56 PM

Blue hour7:56 PM8:26 PM

Golden hour is the soft, warm light when the sun sits low — the hour after sunrise and before sunset. Blue hour is the cooler twilight that brackets it. Both windows are rules of thumb; they run longer at high latitudes and shorter near the equator.

Sunrise time in Earlington

The sun rises in Earlington at 5:55 AM today and at 5:56 AM tomorrow (1 minute later than today).

First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins around 5:25 AM, roughly half an hour ahead of sunrise.

For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light just after the sun clears the horizon — runs from about 5:55 AM to 6:55 AM.

Sunrise & sunset this week

DaySunriseSunsetDaylight
Today5:55 AM7:56 PM14h 1m
Mon, Aug 35:56 AM7:55 PM13h 59m
Tue, Aug 45:57 AM7:54 PM13h 57m
Wed, Aug 55:58 AM7:53 PM13h 55m
Thu, Aug 65:59 AM7:52 PM13h 53m
Fri, Aug 76:00 AM7:51 PM13h 51m
Sat, Aug 86:00 AM7:50 PM13h 50m

Earlington daylight month by month

Sunrise, sunset, and total daylight for the first of each month in 2026, computed from Earlington’s coordinates in local time. The line traces how the day stretches toward summer and contracts toward winter.

MonthSunriseSunsetDaylight
January7:05 AM4:44 PM9h 39m
February6:54 AM5:15 PM10h 21m
March6:22 AM5:44 PM11h 22m
April6:36 AM7:13 PM12h 36m
May5:56 AM7:40 PM13h 44m
June5:32 AM8:05 PM14h 33m
July5:34 AM8:15 PM14h 41m
August5:55 AM7:59 PM14h 4m
September6:21 AM7:21 PM12h 59m
October6:46 AM6:35 PM11h 49m
November6:15 AM4:54 PM10h 38m
December6:46 AM4:34 PM9h 48m

Earlington’s longest and shortest days

Earlington’s longest day falls on June 21, 2026 with 14h 44m of daylight; the shortest is December 21, 2026 with just 9h 35m. The two equinoxes, when day and night run nearly equal, sit in between.

Solar landmarkDateDaylight
Longest day (summer solstice)June 21, 202614h 44m
Spring equinoxMarch 20, 202612h 8m
Fall equinoxSeptember 22, 202612h 10m
Shortest day (winter solstice)December 21, 20269h 35m

How fast Earlington gains and loses daylight

The pace of change is not steady. Each month gains or loses a different amount, fastest around the equinoxes and nearly frozen at the solstices. The rate below is the daily change mid-month; the net is the full swing across the month.

MonthDaily rateNet change
Januarygaining 1m 20s a day+42m
Februarygaining 2m 13s a day+1h 1m
Marchgaining 2m 24s a day+1h 14m
Aprilgaining 2m 16s a day+1h 7m
Maygaining 1m 41s a day+50m
Junegaining 19s a day+8m
Julylosing 1m 11s a day−38m
Augustlosing 2m 5s a day−1h 4m
Septemberlosing 2m 21s a day−1h 10m
Octoberlosing 2m 18s a day−1h 10m
Novemberlosing 1m 46s a day−51m
Decemberlosing 23s a day−9m

Earlington golden hour & blue hour by season

Golden hour is the warm, low-sun light; blue hour is the cooler twilight that brackets it. These windows come from Earlington’s true solar geometry — the sun’s altitude, not a fixed hour — so they stretch toward the solstices and run longer than the rule-of-thumb hour.

SeasonMorning goldMorning blueEvening goldEvening blue
Spring equinox6:54 AM7:29 AM6:28 AM6:54 AM6:28 PM7:02 PM7:02 PM7:28 PM
Summer solstice5:31 AM6:10 AM5:00 AM5:31 AM7:36 PM8:14 PM8:14 PM8:46 PM
Fall equinox6:39 AM7:13 AM6:13 AM6:39 AM6:14 PM6:49 PM6:49 PM7:15 PM
Winter solstice7:01 AM7:42 AM6:32 AM7:01 AM3:56 PM4:37 PM4:37 PM5:06 PM

Daylight saving time in Earlington

Earlington springs its clocks forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and falls back on Sunday, November 1, 2026. Between those dates the local clock runs an hour later, so sunrise and sunset both read later — though the amount of daylight is unchanged; only the label on the clock moves.

Clock changeDateUTC offset
Spring forwardSunday, March 8, 2026UTC−5
Fall backSunday, November 1, 2026UTC−6

Why sunset time shifts in Earlington

Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.

In Earlington, the longest day carries about 14h 44m of daylight and the shortest just 9h 35m — a swing of roughly 5h 8m between the June and December solstices. The farther a place sits from the equator, the wider that gap; the pace also isn’t steady, moving fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the solstices. Every figure here is computed from the sun’s position for Earlington’s exact coordinates, in local time.

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Frequently asked

What time is sunset in Earlington today?
Today's sunset time for Earlington is shown at the top of this page in local time, updated daily from astronomical sun-position data. Sunset is the moment the upper edge of the sun dips below the horizon; the warm light lingers for a golden hour beforehand and a blue hour just after.
When is golden hour in Earlington?
Golden hour in Earlington is roughly the hour just after sunrise and the hour just before sunset, when the sun sits low and the light turns warm and soft — the favorite window for photographers. The exact start and end times for today are listed above; the window is shorter near the equator and longer at high latitudes. On Earlington's longest day near the June solstice it stretches to about 14h 44m of daylight, so the golden hours run longest then.
What time is sunrise in Earlington?
Today's sunrise time for Earlington is listed above in local time. Sunrise is the moment the upper edge of the sun first appears over the horizon. Because Earth's tilt changes the sun's path through the year, sunrise drifts earlier through spring and later through autumn.
Is the day getting longer or shorter in Earlington?
The day-length change for Earlington — how many minutes and seconds of daylight you're gaining or losing compared with yesterday — is shown above. Days lengthen from the winter solstice in late December to the summer solstice in late June, then shorten again through to December.

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