Los Angeles · California, United States
Sunset tonight
16:56 PST
The Sun's upper edge goes below the horizon
Astronomical darkness
18:21 PST
Sun 18° down — the sky is fully dark
Sunset is at 16:56 PST, but twilight lasts about 85 minutes more before the sky is dark enough for faint stars.
Sunset is when the Sun's upper edge disappears. "Dark" for stargazing means astronomical darkness, when the Sun is 18° below the horizon. Times assume a flat horizon at the city reference.
Los Angeles city reference (34.0522°, -118.2437°, America/Los_Angeles), not the whole metropolitan area. Calculated for Friday, 6 November 2026.
| Evening | Sunset | Civil dusk | Nautical dusk | Fully dark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonight | 16:56 PST | 17:22 PST | 17:51 PST | 18:21 PST |
| Tomorrow | 16:55 PST | 17:21 PST | 17:51 PST | 18:20 PST |
| Sun 8 Nov | 16:54 PST | 17:20 PST | 17:50 PST | 18:19 PST |
| Mon 9 Nov | 16:53 PST | 17:19 PST | 17:49 PST | 18:19 PST |
| Tue 10 Nov | 16:52 PST | 17:19 PST | 17:49 PST | 18:18 PST |
| Wed 11 Nov | 16:52 PST | 17:18 PST | 17:48 PST | 18:18 PST |
| Thu 12 Nov | 16:51 PST | 17:17 PST | 17:48 PST | 18:17 PST |
| Fri 13 Nov | 16:50 PST | 17:17 PST | 17:47 PST | 18:17 PST |
Each row is that date's own evening, computed from local noon with the same engine as the SnapCosmos darkness tool. Darkness is geometry; for cloud, use Tonight hour by hour.
Times are computed for the downtown Los Angeles reference, 34.05° N, 118.24° W, with a flat horizon. Across the Los Angeles Basin sunset differs by only a minute or so; at the beaches the Sun sets over the open Pacific, while hills and buildings inland can hide it a few minutes earlier than the calculated time.
Source: GeoNames — Los AngelesLos Angeles switches from Pacific Daylight Time to Pacific Standard Time on the first Sunday in November. Sunset then jumps about an hour earlier on the clock overnight. The week ahead on this page uses the time in force on each date, so that jump appears where it actually happens.
Source: NIST — Daylight Saving Time