Golden hour in Aachen
Golden hour in Aachen starts at 20:58 on 15 June and runs 53 minutes; on 15 December it is 59 minutes from 15:32. The calculator above is preset to Aachen — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
Golden hour calculator for Aachen
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Golden and blue hour in Aachen: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Aachen (50.7753, 6.0839) in the Europe/Berlin timezone, DST included. Between December (59 minutes) and September (43 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.4.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:32 | 16:59 | 09:28 | 16:03 | 17:22 | 8h 26min |
| February | 07:49 | 17:52 | 08:37 | 17:05 | 18:13 | 10h 03min |
| March | 06:51 | 18:40 | 07:35 | 17:56 | 19:00 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:42 | 20:30 | 07:27 | 19:46 | 20:51 | 13h 48min |
| May | 05:48 | 21:18 | 06:37 | 20:29 | 21:42 | 15h 30min |
| June | 05:23 | 21:51 | 06:16 | 20:58 | 22:18 | 16h 28min |
| July | 05:40 | 21:44 | 06:31 | 20:53 | 22:10 | 16h 05min |
| August | 06:24 | 20:59 | 07:10 | 20:13 | 21:21 | 14h 35min |
| September | 07:11 | 19:52 | 07:55 | 19:09 | 20:13 | 12h 41min |
| October | 07:59 | 18:46 | 08:44 | 18:00 | 19:06 | 10h 47min |
| November | 07:51 | 16:51 | 08:44 | 15:59 | 17:13 | 8h 59min |
| December | 08:32 | 16:31 | 09:31 | 15:32 | 16:56 | 7h 59min |
Fitting the window into the shoot day
The evening window is the reliable half: the crew is warmed up, the setup exists, and golden hour is the last slot before wrap. The morning window right after sunrise (until 06:16 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:23.
After sunset, Aachen still offers the blue hour: from 22:18 to 22:37 in June (19 minutes). If you need both looks on one evening, everything from the start of golden hour to the end of blue hour is one continuous window — with no room for a re-rig inside it.
Frequently asked
When is golden hour in Aachen today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Aachen from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:58, in mid-December at 15:32.
How long does golden hour last in Aachen?
Between 43 minutes (September) and 59 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it never actually reaches a full hour here.
How accurate are the times?
To about one minute (standard NOAA-style solar computation). Not included: horizon shading from buildings or hills to the west — which can genuinely shorten the window at your location.