Golden hour in Anchorage
Golden hour in Anchorage starts at 22:14 on 15 June and runs 86 minutes; on 15 December it is null minutes from null. The calculator above is preset to Anchorage — 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 Anchorage
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Golden and blue hour in Anchorage: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Anchorage (61.2181, -149.9003) in the America/Anchorage timezone, DST included. Between January (108 minutes) and September (57 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.9.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 09:58 | 16:22 | 11:46 | 14:33 | 16:57 | 6h 24min |
| February | 08:43 | 17:46 | 09:51 | 16:39 | 18:15 | 9h 04min |
| March | 08:17 | 20:01 | 09:15 | 19:04 | 20:28 | 11h 44min |
| April | 06:39 | 21:21 | 07:38 | 20:22 | 21:51 | 14h 42min |
| May | 05:13 | 22:41 | 06:24 | 21:30 | 23:21 | 17h 28min |
| June | 04:22 | 23:40 | 05:48 | 22:14 | 00:43 | 19h 19min |
| July | 04:52 | 23:20 | 06:11 | 22:02 | 00:09 | 18h 28min |
| August | 06:09 | 22:01 | 07:12 | 20:58 | 22:33 | 15h 52min |
| September | 07:27 | 20:24 | 08:24 | 19:27 | 20:51 | 12h 57min |
| October | 08:43 | 18:49 | 09:45 | 17:47 | 19:16 | 10h 07min |
| November | 09:07 | 16:24 | 10:34 | 14:57 | 16:56 | 7h 17min |
| December | 10:10 | 15:41 | 16:21 | 5h 31min |
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 05:48 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:22.
After sunset, Anchorage still offers the blue hour: from 00:43 to null in June (null 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 Anchorage today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Anchorage from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 22:14, in mid-December at null.
How long does golden hour last in Anchorage?
Between 57 minutes (September) and 108 minutes (January) in the evening. The name misleads — it only reaches a full hour in the longest months.
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.