Daylight today
Memphis gets 11 hours 1 minute of daylight today, 2 min less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 14 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 9 h 47 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Memphis apart
- Memphis sits at about the latitude of Kyoto, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 4 h 44 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 32 min on the longest day against 9 h 47 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, Memphis gets 9 h 47 min of daylight, 33rd shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
The sky gets light at 6:49 AM, 26 minutes before the sun comes up, and stays light until 6:41 PM, 26 minutes after it sets. That gives Memphis 11 hours 53 minutes of usable light today, against 11 h 1 min of sun. Both are the moment the sun is 6° below the horizon (how DaySight calculates these times).
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In Memphis that takes sunset from 6:08 PM the day before to 5:07 PM, and sunrise from 7:21 AM to 6:22 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Memphis
Memphis swings from 9 h 47 min of daylight on December 22 to 14 h 32 min on June 21. Its earliest sunset, though, is on November 30, and its latest sunrise on January 3, 2027: the shortest day sits between the two.
Memphis's days run from 9 h 47 min to 14 h 32 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Memphis.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:41 AM | 7:09 AMfirst light 6:41 | 5:12 PMlast light 5:39 | 5:39 PM | 10 h 3 min |
| February | 6:21 AM | 6:47 AMfirst light 6:21 | 5:43 PMlast light 6:09 | 6:09 PM | 10 h 56 min |
| March | 6:47 AM | 7:12 AMfirst light 6:47 | 7:08 PMlast light 7:33 | 7:33 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| April | 6:03 AM | 6:29 AMfirst light 6:03 | 7:33 PMlast light 7:59 | 7:59 PM | 13 h 4 min |
| May | 5:29 AM | 5:57 AMfirst light 5:29 | 7:58 PMlast light 8:26 | 8:26 PM | 14 h |
| June | 5:16 AM | 5:46 AMfirst light 5:16 | 8:17 PMlast light 8:47 | 8:47 PM | 14 h 31 min |
| July | 5:29 AM | 5:58 AMfirst light 5:29 | 8:16 PMlast light 8:45 | 8:45 PM | 14 h 18 min |
| August | 5:54 AM | 6:21 AMfirst light 5:54 | 7:50 PMlast light 8:17 | 8:17 PM | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 6:18 AM | 6:44 AMfirst light 6:18 | 7:09 PMlast light 7:34 | 7:34 PM | 12 h 25 min |
| October | 6:41 AM | 7:07 AMfirst light 6:41 | 6:26 PMlast light 6:52 | 6:52 PM | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 6:09 AM | 6:36 AMfirst light 6:09 | 4:56 PMlast light 5:23 | 5:23 PM | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 6:34 AM | 7:02 AMfirst light 6:34 | 4:50 PMlast light 5:19 | 5:19 PM | 9 h 48 min |
Nearby
- Nashville, TN: 196 miles away, sunset today 6:01 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Louisville: 320 miles away, sunset today 6:54 PM.
- Atlanta, GA: 337 miles away, sunset today 6:55 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Tulsa: 341 miles away, sunset today 6:38 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.