{"id":177817,"date":"2025-08-26T19:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/177817\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:33:09","slug":"the-last-7pm-sunset-in-nyc-is-coming-september-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/177817\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last 7pm Sunset in NYC Is Coming September 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One minute we\u2019re basking in 8pm golden hours (remember those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/the-sun-will-set-after-8pm-for-the-next-three-months-in-nyc-051225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dreamy July nights<\/a>?) and the next we\u2019re squinting into twilight before dinner. It\u2019s not your imagination: Days really are shrinking. Summer\u2019s lingering light is slipping away and New York is about to hit one of those sneaky seasonal milestones that quietly changes our routines: the last 7pm sunset of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendar: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, will be the final day the sun sets at or after 7pm in New York City. Sunset will officially hit at 7:01pm, with sunrise at 6:38 am\u2014just over 12 hours and 22 minutes of daylight. Consider it your last chance to leave the office and still pretend you\u2019ve got hours of daylight left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/things-to-do\/things-to-do-in-new-york-this-fall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The best fall activities in NYC to do with the arrival of autumn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From there, it\u2019s all downhill. On Thursday, September 18, the sun dips at 6:59pm, and each evening will get a little shorter until we reach December 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/news\/when-does-winter-officially-start-and-when-is-the-shortest-day-of-the-year-winter-solstice-explained-120624\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the winter solstice<\/a>\u2014a.k.a. the shortest day of the year\u2014with just 9 hours and 15 minutes of daylight. Translation: Bundle up and get used to leaving happy hour in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s not all bad news. The flip side of earlier sunsets is the return of cozy autumn evenings. Hoodie weather, cooler breezes and the thrill of watching the city glow under streetlights again? Pretty unbeatable. Plus, fall sunsets often hit different; the colors are richer, the air is crisper, and the city skyline looks like it\u2019s been run through a filter.<\/p>\n<p>But still, if you\u2019re a golden-hour chaser, the clock is ticking. These next few weeks are prime time for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/bars\/rooftop-bars-in-nyc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rooftop drinks<\/a>, park hangs or just that post-work walk that makes you feel like you\u2019ve squeezed every last drop out of summer. Pro tip: NYC was recently named home to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/this-new-york-landmark-was-voted-one-of-the-best-places-to-watch-the-sunset-072525\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of the best sunset-viewing spots<\/a> in the country, so keep your camera handy.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re clinging to iced coffees or already cozying up to pumpkin spice, let this be your cue: Step outside, look west and soak up those final golden rays before they\u2019re gone. The next 7pm sunset won\u2019t be back until spring\u2014when we\u2019ll be more than ready for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One minute we\u2019re basking in 8pm golden hours (remember those dreamy July nights?) and the next we\u2019re squinting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":177818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,10336,405,403,10337,5226,5225,5228,5227,1072,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-177817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-categories-things-to-do","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news-city-life","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-things-to-do","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115096741754474831","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}