Plains, Montana Sunset Time Today

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

Plains, MT · Sunset & sunrise today

Sunset 7:39 PM Sunrise 7:25 AM

12h 14m of daylight, −3m shorter than yesterday.

Tomorrow in Plains · Tue, Sep 22

Sunrise tomorrow: 7:26 AM · Sunset tomorrow: 7:37 PM

Sunrise 1 minute later than today · sunset 2 minutes earlier than today

In Plains, the sun rises at 7:26 AM tomorrow and sets at 7:37 PM.

Golden hour & blue hour today

Morning

Golden hour7:25 AM8:06 AM

Blue hour6:55 AM7:25 AM

Evening

Golden hour7:01 PM7:39 PM

Blue hour7:39 PM8:12 PM

Golden hour: the sun between the horizon and 6° up. Blue hour: civil twilight, down to 6° below the horizon.

Sunrise time in Plains

The sun rises in Plains at 7:25 AM today and at 7:26 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 6:55 AM.

For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light until the sun climbs 6° — runs from 7:25 AM to 8:06 AM.

Sunrise & sunset this week

DaySunriseSunsetDaylight
Today7:25 AM7:39 PM12h 14m
Tue, Sep 227:26 AM7:37 PM12h 11m
Wed, Sep 237:27 AM7:35 PM12h 8m
Thu, Sep 247:29 AM7:32 PM12h 3m
Fri, Sep 257:30 AM7:30 PM12h 0m
Sat, Sep 267:32 AM7:28 PM11h 56m
Sun, Sep 277:33 AM7:26 PM11h 53m

Plains daylight month by month

The 1st of each month in 2026, in local time.

MonthSunriseSunsetDaylight
Jan8:28 AM5:00 PM8h 32m
Feb8:07 AM5:41 PM9h 35m
Mar7:21 AM6:25 PM11h 4m
Apr7:19 AM8:09 PM12h 50m
May6:23 AM8:51 PM14h 28m
Jun5:47 AM9:29 PM15h 42m
Jul5:47 AM9:41 PM15h 54m
Aug6:18 AM9:15 PM14h 57m
Sep6:59 AM8:22 PM13h 23m
Oct7:39 AM7:21 PM11h 42m
Nov7:24 AM5:24 PM10h 0m
Dec8:07 AM4:52 PM8h 45m

Plains’s longest and shortest days

From 15h 58m of daylight on June 21, 2026 to 8h 27m on December 21, 2026.

Solar landmarkDate (2026)Daylight
Longest dayJun 2115h 58m
Spring equinoxMar 2012h 9m
Fall equinoxSep 2212h 12m
Shortest dayDec 218h 27m

How fast Plains gains and loses daylight

Daily rate at mid-month; net change across the month.

MonthDaily rateNet change
Jangaining 2m a day+1h 3m
Febgaining 3m 13s a day+1h 29m
Margaining 3m 27s a day+1h 46m
Aprgaining 3m 17s a day+1h 38m
Maygaining 2m 31s a day+1h 14m
Jungaining 30s a day+12m
Jullosing 1m 48s a day−57m
Auglosing 3m 3s a day−1h 34m
Seplosing 3m 23s a day−1h 41m
Octlosing 3m 19s a day−1h 42m
Novlosing 2m 37s a day−1h 15m
Declosing 35s a day−13m

Plains golden hour & blue hour by season

The same altitude-based windows as today’s card, at each solstice and equinox.

SeasonEvening goldEvening blueMorning goldMorning blue
Spring equinox7:12–7:52 PM7:52–8:23 PM7:43–8:24 AM7:13–7:43 AM
Summer solstice8:53–9:41 PM9:41–10:22 PM5:43–6:31 AM5:03–5:43 AM
Fall equinox6:59–7:39 PM7:39–8:10 PM7:27–8:08 AM6:56–7:27 AM
Winter solstice3:59–4:52 PM4:52–5:28 PM8:25–9:18 AM7:49–8:25 AM

Daylight saving time in Plains

Clocks move an hour; the daylight doesn’t change.

Clock changeDate (2026)UTC offset
Spring forwardSun, Mar 8UTC−6
Fall backSun, Nov 1UTC−7

Why sunset time shifts in Plains

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

In Plains, the longest day carries about 15h 58m of daylight and the shortest just 8h 27m — a swing of roughly 7h 31m 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 Plains’s exact coordinates, in local time.

Frequently asked

When is the earliest and latest sunset in Plains?
Plains's earliest sunset in 2026 is 4:49 PM around December 11, 10 days before the shortest day. The latest is 9:42 PM around June 26, 5 days after the longest day. Both are local clock times.
How much daylight does Plains get on the longest and shortest days?
Plains gets about 15h 58m of daylight on the longest day, June 21, 2026, and 8h 27m on the shortest, December 21, 2026: a swing of 7h 31m.
When is golden hour in Plains?
Near the June solstice, Plains's evening golden hour runs 8:53–9:41 PM and the morning one 5:43–6:31 AM. Near the December solstice they run 3:59–4:52 PM and 8:25–9:18 AM. Golden hour here is the time the sun spends between the horizon and 6° up.

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