New York · New York, United States
Sunset tonight
16:47 EST
The Sun's upper edge goes below the horizon
Astronomical darkness
18:20 EST
Sun 18° down — the sky is fully dark
Sunset is at 16:47 EST, but twilight lasts about 93 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.
New York city reference (40.7143°, -74.0060°, America/New_York), not the whole metropolitan area. Calculated for Friday, 6 November 2026.
| Evening | Sunset | Civil dusk | Nautical dusk | Fully dark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonight | 16:47 EST | 17:15 EST | 17:48 EST | 18:20 EST |
| Tomorrow | 16:45 EST | 17:14 EST | 17:47 EST | 18:19 EST |
| Sun 8 Nov | 16:44 EST | 17:13 EST | 17:46 EST | 18:18 EST |
| Mon 9 Nov | 16:43 EST | 17:12 EST | 17:45 EST | 18:17 EST |
| Tue 10 Nov | 16:42 EST | 17:11 EST | 17:44 EST | 18:16 EST |
| Wed 11 Nov | 16:41 EST | 17:11 EST | 17:43 EST | 18:16 EST |
| Thu 12 Nov | 16:41 EST | 17:10 EST | 17:43 EST | 18:15 EST |
| Fri 13 Nov | 16:40 EST | 17:09 EST | 17:42 EST | 18:14 EST |
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.
The Sun sets in the western half of the sky. Hudson River Park runs four miles along Manhattan's west side, from Battery Park City to West 59th Street, so the waterfront there looks west across the river toward sunset; inside the street grid, buildings hide the Sun before the calculated time. The reference is Lower Manhattan, 40.71° N, 74.01° W.
Source: Hudson River ParkNew York switches from EDT to EST on the first Sunday in November, and sunset moves an hour earlier on the clock overnight. The week-ahead table shows the change on the evening it happens.
Source: NIST — Daylight Saving Time