Madison, Wisconsin Sunset Time Today

Sunrise time in Madison

The sun rises in Madison at 6:43 AM today and at 6:45 AM tomorrow (2 minutes later than today).

First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins at 6:16 AM.

For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light until the sun climbs 6° — runs from 6:43 AM to 7:22 AM.

Madison daylight month by month

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

Madison’s longest and shortest days

From 15h 22m of daylight on June 21, 2026 to 8h 59m on December 21, 2026.

How fast Madison gains and loses daylight

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

Madison golden hour & blue hour by season

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

Daylight saving time in Madison

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

Why sunset time shifts in Madison

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

In Madison, the longest day carries about 15h 22m of daylight and the shortest just 8h 59m — a swing of roughly 6h 23m 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 Madison’s exact coordinates, in local time.