Shinnecock Hills, New York Sunset Time Today
Shinnecock Hills sunset and sunrise times, golden hour, blue hour, and how your daylight is changing
Shinnecock Hills, NY · Sunset & sunrise today
Sunset today at 8:04 PM · Sunrise 5:47 AM
Sunset is at 8:04 PM — 14h 17m of daylight, −2m shorter than yesterday.
−2m shorter than yesterday
Tomorrow in Shinnecock Hills · Mon, Aug 3
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 AM · Sunset tomorrow: 8:03 PM
Sunrise 1 minute later than today · sunset 1 minute earlier than today
In Shinnecock Hills, the sun rises at 5:48 AM tomorrow and sets at 8:03 PM.
Golden hour & blue hour today
Morning
Golden hour5:47 AM – 6:47 AM
Blue hour5:17 AM – 5:47 AM
Evening
Golden hour7:04 PM – 8:04 PM
Blue hour8:04 PM – 8:34 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 Shinnecock Hills
The sun rises in Shinnecock Hills at 5:47 AM today and at 5:48 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 5:17 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 5:47 AM to 6:47 AM.
Sunrise & sunset this week
| Day | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 5:47 AM | 8:04 PM | 14h 17m |
| Mon, Aug 3 | 5:48 AM | 8:03 PM | 14h 15m |
| Tue, Aug 4 | 5:49 AM | 8:02 PM | 14h 13m |
| Wed, Aug 5 | 5:50 AM | 8:01 PM | 14h 11m |
| Thu, Aug 6 | 5:51 AM | 8:00 PM | 14h 9m |
| Fri, Aug 7 | 5:52 AM | 7:58 PM | 14h 6m |
| Sat, Aug 8 | 5:53 AM | 7:57 PM | 14h 4m |
Shinnecock Hills daylight month by month
Sunrise, sunset, and total daylight for the first of each month in 2026, computed from Shinnecock Hills’s coordinates in local time. The line traces how the day stretches toward summer and contracts toward winter.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:15 AM | 4:33 PM | 9h 18m |
| February | 7:01 AM | 5:07 PM | 10h 6m |
| March | 6:25 AM | 5:41 PM | 11h 16m |
| April | 6:34 AM | 7:15 PM | 12h 41m |
| May | 5:49 AM | 7:46 PM | 13h 57m |
| June | 5:21 AM | 8:16 PM | 14h 55m |
| July | 5:22 AM | 8:26 PM | 15h 4m |
| August | 5:47 AM | 8:07 PM | 14h 20m |
| September | 6:17 AM | 7:24 PM | 13h 7m |
| October | 6:47 AM | 6:34 PM | 11h 47m |
| November | 6:21 AM | 4:47 PM | 10h 26m |
| December | 6:56 AM | 4:24 PM | 9h 28m |
Shinnecock Hills’s longest and shortest days
Shinnecock Hills’s longest day falls on June 21, 2026 with 15h 7m of daylight; the shortest is December 21, 2026 with just 9h 14m. The two equinoxes, when day and night run nearly equal, sit in between.
| Solar landmark | Date | Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Longest day (summer solstice) | June 21, 2026 | 15h 7m |
| Spring equinox | March 20, 2026 | 12h 8m |
| Fall equinox | September 22, 2026 | 12h 11m |
| Shortest day (winter solstice) | December 21, 2026 | 9h 14m |
How fast Shinnecock Hills 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.
| Month | Daily rate | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| January | gaining 1m 32s a day | +48m |
| February | gaining 2m 32s a day | +1h 10m |
| March | gaining 2m 44s a day | +1h 24m |
| April | gaining 2m 36s a day | +1h 17m |
| May | gaining 1m 56s a day | +57m |
| June | gaining 23s a day | +9m |
| July | losing 1m 22s a day | −43m |
| August | losing 2m 23s a day | −1h 14m |
| September | losing 2m 41s a day | −1h 20m |
| October | losing 2m 38s a day | −1h 20m |
| November | losing 2m 1s a day | −58m |
| December | losing 27s a day | −10m |
Shinnecock Hills 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 Shinnecock Hills’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.
| Season | Morning gold | Morning blue | Evening gold | Evening blue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring equinox | 6:54 AM–7:30 AM | 6:27 AM–6:54 AM | 6:26 PM–7:02 PM | 7:02 PM–7:29 PM |
| Summer solstice | 5:19 AM–6:00 AM | 4:45 AM–5:19 AM | 7:44 PM–8:26 PM | 8:26 PM–8:59 PM |
| Fall equinox | 6:38 AM–7:14 AM | 6:11 AM–6:38 AM | 6:13 PM–6:49 PM | 6:49 PM–7:16 PM |
| Winter solstice | 7:12 AM–7:56 AM | 6:41 AM–7:12 AM | 3:42 PM–4:26 PM | 4:26 PM–4:57 PM |
Daylight saving time in Shinnecock Hills
Shinnecock Hills 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 change | Date | UTC offset |
|---|---|---|
| Spring forward | Sunday, March 8, 2026 | UTC−4 |
| Fall back | Sunday, November 1, 2026 | UTC−5 |
Why sunset time shifts in Shinnecock Hills
Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.
In Shinnecock Hills, the longest day carries about 15h 7m of daylight and the shortest just 9h 14m — a swing of roughly 5h 53m 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 Shinnecock Hills’s exact coordinates, in local time.
Golden-hour gear
- Manfrotto Befree Advanced Travel Tripod
A compact carbon-light travel tripod that folds to packbag size. Golden- and blue-hour light is dim enough that handheld shots blur — a tripod is the single biggest upgrade to sunset photos.
- K&F Concept Graduated ND & ND Filter Kit
Graduated neutral-density filters darken a bright sky without underexposing the foreground — the classic fix for a blown-out sunset horizon over a dark landscape.
- MagicFiber Microfiber Lens Cleaning Cloths (6-Pack)
Sea spray, dew, and fingerprints scatter low-angle sunset light into ugly flare. A clean front element is free image quality — keep a cloth in the bag.
- Nikon Aculon A211 10x42 Compact Binoculars
Bright 10x42 optics for watching the sun touch a far ridgeline or horizon, and for the planets and first stars that emerge through the blue hour.
- Philips SmartSleep Wake-Up Light Sunrise Alarm
A sunrise-simulating alarm that brightens gradually before your set time — useful for catching an early sunrise shoot, and for resetting your clock as daylight shifts through the year.
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Frequently asked
- What time is sunset in Shinnecock Hills today?
- Today's sunset time for Shinnecock Hills 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 Shinnecock Hills?
- Golden hour in Shinnecock Hills 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 Shinnecock Hills's longest day near the June solstice it stretches to about 15h 7m of daylight, so the golden hours run longest then.
- What time is sunrise in Shinnecock Hills?
- Today's sunrise time for Shinnecock Hills 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 Shinnecock Hills?
- The day-length change for Shinnecock Hills — 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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