Daylight today
From sunrise to sunset, Louisville has 10 hours 53 minutes today. That's 2 min 20 sec shorter than yesterday's day, and 1 hour 23 minutes longer than the darkest day of the past winter, December 21, 2025 (9 h 30 min). The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Louisville apart
- Its latest sunset, 9:11 PM on June 22, is the 5th latest of the 51.
- The sun is highest at 1:43 PM on the longest day, 43 minutes after 1 PM, because Louisville sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Louisville sits at about the latitude of Palermo, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
First light and last light
First light comes 27 minutes before sunrise today, at 7:34 AM, and last light 27 minutes after sunset, at 7:21 PM. Between them the sky is bright enough to see by: 11 hours 47 minutes, against 10 h 53 min with the sun up. First and last light are when the sun is 6° below the horizon; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
Clocks go back an hour on Sunday, November 1. Sunrise moves from 8:09 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 5:45 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Louisville
Louisville swings from 9 h 30 min of daylight on December 22 to 14 h 50 min on June 21. Its earliest sunset, though, is on December 1, and its latest sunrise on January 1, 2027: the shortest day sits between the two.
Louisville's days run from 9 h 30 min to 14 h 50 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Louisville.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:30 AM | 7:59 AMfirst light 7:30 | 5:47 PMlast light 6:16 | 6:16 PM | 9 h 48 min |
| February | 7:07 AM | 7:34 AMfirst light 7:07 | 6:22 PMlast light 6:49 | 6:49 PM | 10 h 47 min |
| March | 7:29 AM | 7:55 AMfirst light 7:29 | 7:50 PMlast light 8:17 | 8:17 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| April | 6:41 AM | 7:08 AMfirst light 6:41 | 8:19 PMlast light 8:47 | 8:47 PM | 13 h 11 min |
| May | 6:03 AM | 6:33 AMfirst light 6:03 | 8:48 PMlast light 9:17 | 9:17 PM | 14 h 15 min |
| June | 5:48 AM | 6:20 AMfirst light 5:48 | 9:09 PMlast light 9:40 | 9:40 PM | 14 h 49 min |
| July | 6:02 AM | 6:32 AMfirst light 6:02 | 9:07 PMlast light 9:38 | 9:38 PM | 14 h 34 min |
| August | 6:30 AM | 6:59 AMfirst light 6:30 | 8:38 PMlast light 9:07 | 9:07 PM | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 6:59 AM | 7:25 AMfirst light 6:59 | 7:53 PMlast light 8:19 | 8:19 PM | 12 h 27 min |
| October | 7:26 AM | 7:52 AMfirst light 7:26 | 7:07 PMlast light 7:33 | 7:33 PM | 11 h 14 min |
| November | 6:57 AM | 7:25 AMfirst light 6:57 | 5:32 PMlast light 6:00 | 6:00 PM | 10 h 7 min |
| December | 7:24 AM | 7:53 AMfirst light 7:24 | 5:25 PMlast light 5:54 | 5:54 PM | 9 h 31 min |
Nearby
- Indianapolis, IN: 107 miles away, sunset today 6:54 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Nashville: 155 miles away, sunset today 6:01 PM.
- Columbus, OH: 189 miles away, sunset today 6:41 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Chicago: 269 miles away, sunset today 5:57 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.