Tacoma
Sunrise and sunset in Tacoma
Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Tacoma, in local time. At 47.3° N, the day lasts from 8 h 28 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 56 min at the summer solstice.
Today · worked out at
Wednesday, October 21: sunrise at 07:37, sunset at 18:10.
Day length 10 h 34 min, 3 min 14 s shorter than yesterday.
Solar noon at 12:54, with the Sun 32° above the horizon.
Times are Tacoma time (PDT).
Twilight and golden hour today
| Today | Morning | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 05:54 | 19:52 |
| Nautical twilight | 06:30 | 19:17 |
| Civil twilight | 07:05 | 18:42 |
| Sunrise and sunset | 07:37 | 18:10 |
| Golden hour | 07:37–08:19 | 17:28–18:10 |
Each twilight begins at the morning time and ends at the evening one.
The year in Tacoma
- Longest day: June 21, 15 h 56 min, from sunrise at 05:13 to sunset at 21:09.
- Shortest day: December 21, 8 h 28 min, from sunrise at 07:53 to sunset at 16:22.
Sunrise and sunset on the 21st of each month, 2026
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21 | 07:47 | 16:55 | 9 h 08 min |
| February 21 | 07:04 | 17:43 | 10 h 39 min |
| March 21 | 07:10 | 19:24 | 12 h 14 min |
| April 21 | 06:10 | 20:07 | 13 h 57 min |
| May 21 | 05:26 | 20:46 | 15 h 20 min |
| June 21 | 05:13 | 21:09 | 15 h 56 min |
| July 21 | 05:35 | 20:56 | 15 h 21 min |
| August 21 | 06:14 | 20:10 | 13 h 56 min |
| September 21 | 06:55 | 19:09 | 12 h 14 min |
| October 21 | 07:37 | 18:10 | 10 h 34 min |
| November 21 | 07:22 | 16:28 | 9 h 05 min |
| December 21 | 07:53 | 16:22 | 8 h 28 min |
Good to know
- Sunrise and sunset are when the top of the Sun meets a level horizon, allowing for the usual bending of light by the air. Hills, buildings and height shift what you see by a few minutes.
- Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight end when the Sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below the horizon. Golden hour here is the photographers’ usual definition: the Sun less than 6° above it.
- Worked out when the page loads from NOAA’s solar equations, for 47.3° N, 122.4° W, and accurate to about a minute.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Day and night, live, The Sun, Moon and planets
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