Sun & Golden Hour Calculator

Get sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for any date and location.

Date

Latitude (°, north positive)

Longitude (°, east positive)

Sunrise

21:45

Solar noon

04:57

Sunset

12:10

Daylight length

865 min

Photographer's windows

Morning blue hour:

21:15 – 21:35

Morning golden hour:

21:35 – 22:25

Evening golden hour:

11:30 – 12:20

Evening blue hour:

12:20 – 12:40

Solar position computed from the low-precision Meeus algorithm. Times are local to your browser's timezone. Polar regions may show inaccurate sunrise/sunset times outside the standard 24-hour day.

About this tool

Enter a date and rough latitude/longitude to see sunrise, solar noon, sunset, plus the morning/evening golden hour and blue hour windows used by photographers and filmmakers. Clear-sky solar position math — no API, no location upload, runs entirely in your browser. A direct answer for the recurring r/Photography and r/LandscapePhotography 'when is golden hour here' question.

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