Billings, Montana Sunset Time Today
Billings sunset and sunrise times, golden hour, blue hour, and how your daylight is changing
Billings, MT · Sunset & sunrise today
Sunset 7:13 PM Sunrise 7:00 AM
12h 13m of daylight, −3m shorter than yesterday.
Tomorrow in Billings · Tue, Sep 22
Sunrise tomorrow: 7:01 AM · Sunset tomorrow: 7:11 PM
Sunrise 1 minute later than today · sunset 2 minutes earlier than today
In Billings, the sun rises at 7:01 AM tomorrow and sets at 7:11 PM.
Golden hour & blue hour today
Morning
Golden hour7:00 AM – 7:40 AM
Blue hour6:31 AM – 7:00 AM
Evening
Golden hour6:36 PM – 7:13 PM
Blue hour7:13 PM – 7:45 PM
Golden hour: the sun between the horizon and 6° up. Blue hour: civil twilight, down to 6° below the horizon.
Sunrise time in Billings
The sun rises in Billings at 7:00 AM today and at 7:01 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 at 6:31 AM.
For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light until the sun climbs 6° — runs from 7:00 AM to 7:40 AM.
Sunrise & sunset this week
| Day | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 7:00 AM | 7:13 PM | 12h 13m |
| Tue, Sep 22 | 7:01 AM | 7:11 PM | 12h 10m |
| Wed, Sep 23 | 7:02 AM | 7:09 PM | 12h 7m |
| Thu, Sep 24 | 7:03 AM | 7:07 PM | 12h 4m |
| Fri, Sep 25 | 7:05 AM | 7:05 PM | 12h 0m |
| Sat, Sep 26 | 7:06 AM | 7:03 PM | 11h 57m |
| Sun, Sep 27 | 7:07 AM | 7:01 PM | 11h 54m |
Billings daylight month by month
The 1st of each month in 2026, in local time.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7:56 AM | 4:41 PM | 8h 45m |
| Feb | 7:37 AM | 5:20 PM | 9h 43m |
| Mar | 6:54 AM | 6:01 PM | 11h 7m |
| Apr | 6:55 AM | 7:42 PM | 12h 48m |
| May | 6:02 AM | 8:22 PM | 14h 19m |
| Jun | 5:29 AM | 8:57 PM | 15h 29m |
| Jul | 5:29 AM | 9:09 PM | 15h 40m |
| Aug | 5:58 AM | 8:45 PM | 14h 47m |
| Sep | 6:36 AM | 7:54 PM | 13h 18m |
| Oct | 7:13 AM | 6:56 PM | 11h 43m |
| Nov | 6:55 AM | 5:02 PM | 10h 7m |
| Dec | 7:36 AM | 4:33 PM | 8h 57m |
Billings’s longest and shortest days
From 15h 43m of daylight on June 21, 2026 to 8h 40m on December 21, 2026.
| Solar landmark | Date (2026) | Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Longest day | Jun 21 | 15h 43m |
| Spring equinox | Mar 20 | 12h 9m |
| Fall equinox | Sep 22 | 12h 12m |
| Shortest day | Dec 21 | 8h 40m |
How fast Billings gains and loses daylight
Daily rate at mid-month; net change across the month.
| Month | Daily rate | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | gaining 1m 52s a day | +59m |
| Feb | gaining 3m 1s a day | +1h 24m |
| Mar | gaining 3m 15s a day | +1h 40m |
| Apr | gaining 3m 6s a day | +1h 32m |
| May | gaining 2m 21s a day | +1h 9m |
| Jun | gaining 28s a day | +11m |
| Jul | losing 1m 41s a day | −53m |
| Aug | losing 2m 51s a day | −1h 28m |
| Sep | losing 3m 11s a day | −1h 35m |
| Oct | losing 3m 8s a day | −1h 36m |
| Nov | losing 2m 27s a day | −1h 10m |
| Dec | losing 33s a day | −12m |
Billings golden hour & blue hour by season
The same altitude-based windows as today’s card, at each solstice and equinox.
| Season | Evening gold | Evening blue | Morning gold | Morning blue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring equinox | 6:48–7:27 PM | 7:27–7:57 PM | 7:18–7:57 AM | 6:48–7:18 AM |
| Summer solstice | 8:22–9:08 PM | 9:08–9:47 PM | 5:25–6:11 AM | 4:47–5:25 AM |
| Fall equinox | 6:34–7:14 PM | 7:14–7:43 PM | 7:02–7:41 AM | 6:32–7:02 AM |
| Winter solstice | 3:43–4:33 PM | 4:33–5:08 PM | 7:53–8:43 AM | 7:19–7:53 AM |
Daylight saving time in Billings
Clocks move an hour; the daylight doesn’t change.
| Clock change | Date (2026) | UTC offset |
|---|---|---|
| Spring forward | Sun, Mar 8 | UTC−6 |
| Fall back | Sun, Nov 1 | UTC−7 |
Why sunset time shifts in Billings
Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.
In Billings, the longest day carries about 15h 43m of daylight and the shortest just 8h 40m — a swing of roughly 7h 4m 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 Billings’s exact coordinates, in local time.
Frequently asked
- When is the earliest and latest sunset in Billings?
- Billings's earliest sunset in 2026 is 4:31 PM around December 10, 11 days before the shortest day. The latest is 9:09 PM around June 26, 5 days after the longest day. Both are local clock times.
- How much daylight does Billings get on the longest and shortest days?
- Billings gets about 15h 43m of daylight on the longest day, June 21, 2026, and 8h 40m on the shortest, December 21, 2026: a swing of 7h 4m.
- When is golden hour in Billings?
- Near the June solstice, Billings's evening golden hour runs 8:22–9:08 PM and the morning one 5:25–6:11 AM. Near the December solstice they run 3:43–4:33 PM and 7:53–8:43 AM. Golden hour here is the time the sun spends between the horizon and 6° up.
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