Clocks fall back Sunday, Nov. 1: Cape Ann's sunset jumps from 5:37 to 4:35 p.m.

Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, when clocks go back one hour. On Cape Ann, that moves sunset from late afternoon to before 5 p.m. in one night.

What changes in Gloucester

These times are from U.S. Naval Observatory tables for Gloucester:

• Saturday, Oct. 31: sunrise 7:15 a.m., sunset 5:37 p.m. It is dark by about 6:06 p.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 1: sunrise 6:16 a.m., sunset 4:35 p.m. It is dark by about 5:05 p.m.

Times in Rockport, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea are within a minute or so of Gloucester's.

Shorter days ahead

Today, Oct. 26, Gloucester gets 10 hours and 35 minutes of daylight, from 7:09 a.m. to 5:44 p.m. On the shortest day of the year, Monday, Dec. 21, the sun rises at 7:09 a.m. and sets at 4:12 p.m., for 9 hours and 3 minutes of daylight.

Clocks go forward again on the second Sunday in March.

Halloween night

On Saturday, Oct. 31, the sun sets at 5:37 p.m., so most trick or treating will be after dark. Manchester-by-the-Sea's trick or treat hours are 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., the town says, with select village streets closed to cars. (Read Manchester's Halloween by the Sea schedule.)