Sunday's 6:01 p.m. sunset is NYC's last after 6 until March, and the Hunter's Moon rises tonight

If you want one more evening of daylight after 6 p.m., today is the day. The sun sets at 6:01 p.m. in Manhattan on Sunday, Oct. 25, according to U.S. Naval Observatory data for Central Park. It is the city's last sunset after 6 p.m. until March, Time Out New York noted. From Monday on, sunset lands at about 6 p.m. and keeps sliding earlier each day.

The Hunter's Moon rises tonight

The timing lines up with October's full moon, known as the Hunter's Moon because it is the full moon after the Harvest Moon, Time and Date explains. NASA says the name comes from hunters who relied on bright moonlight as fields went bare in autumn.

• Moonrise: about 5:26 p.m. Sunday in Manhattan, about 35 minutes before sunset, per the Naval Observatory. Look low in the east.
• Peak: the moon is technically full at 12:12 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, New York time. It will look full on both Sunday and Monday nights.
• Sky: the National Weather Service forecasts a clear night with a low around 49 after a sunny Sunday near 64. Monday is sunny with a high near 68.

By Halloween night, the moon will still be bright but past full, a waning gibbous, according to NASA.

Clocks fall back next Sunday

Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, when clocks go back to 1 a.m. That gives you an extra hour of sleep after Halloween. It also moves sunset that day to 4:52 p.m., per the Naval Observatory.

The change shifts daylight toward the morning rather than taking any away, Time Out points out, but the days are also getting shorter on their own. The shortest day of the year is Monday, Dec. 21, with a 4:31 p.m. sunset. Time Out puts that day's daylight at 9 hours and 15 minutes.

Evenings after 6 p.m. return on Sunday, March 14, 2027, when clocks spring forward and sunset jumps to about 7:01 p.m.

Times are for Central Park and can differ by a minute between sources because of rounding.