Skyline with Highway 76 - 'The Schuylkill Expressway', Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. (Photo by: Jumping Rocks/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - The late sunsets of summer are quickly becoming earlier each day.
Friday night marks the first time in 100 days that the sun will set before 8 p.m. in Philadelphia.The sun will descend below the horizon at 7:59 p.m.
Friday night, Philly's first sunset before 8 p.m. since May 5 – more than three months ago.The latest sunset of the year was at 8:34 p.m.