Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Lancaster

Sunrise in Lancaster today is at 04:57:53 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:18:53 PM, giving Lancaster 16h 20min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:08:59 AM and ends at 10:08:09 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Lancaster or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Lancaster. Get a full year of light data with the printable Lancaster Photography Planner 2026.

Lancaster lies in the temperate zone at 54.0° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Lancaster receives 17.1 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:38 AM and sunset at 09:47 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.3 hours — a difference of 9.8 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 04:38, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:47. The evening golden hour in Lancaster lasts about 91 minutes in summer and 97 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.