Sunrise & sunset in Delaware
5 places in Delaware, each computed from its own coordinates. Today is Tuesday, September 22, 2026; times below are local to each city.
First sunrise in the state
Wilmington
Wilmington, 6:50 AM local time.
Last sunrise in the state
Newark
Newark, 6:50 AM local time — 1 minutes after Wilmington in real time.
Today across Delaware
| City | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | 6:50 AM | 6:59 PM | 12h 09m |
| Dover | 6:50 AM | 6:59 PM | 12h 09m |
| Newark | 6:50 AM | 7:00 PM | 12h 09m |
| Middletown | 6:50 AM | 7:00 PM | 12h 09m |
| Bear | 6:50 AM | 7:00 PM | 12h 09m |
About sunrise in Delaware
The sun reaches Wilmington 1 minutes before Newark today — that gap is longitude, and it is fixed: the Earth turns fifteen degrees an hour, so every degree of longitude is four minutes of sunrise. Delaware keeps a single time zone, so the clock times below are directly comparable.