Golden hour in Boston
Golden hour in Boston starts at 19:41 on 15 June and runs 43 minutes; on 15 December it is 45 minutes from 15:28. The calculator above is preset to Boston — 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 Boston
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Golden and blue hour in Boston: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Boston (42.3601, -71.0589) and the America/New_York timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 37 minutes in March and 45 in December — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:12 | 16:37 | 07:55 | 15:53 | 16:56 | 9h 25min |
| February | 06:42 | 17:17 | 07:21 | 16:37 | 17:34 | 10h 35min |
| March | 06:57 | 18:51 | 07:34 | 18:14 | 19:08 | 11h 54min |
| April | 06:04 | 19:26 | 06:42 | 18:48 | 19:43 | 13h 22min |
| May | 05:24 | 19:59 | 06:04 | 19:19 | 20:19 | 14h 35min |
| June | 05:08 | 20:23 | 05:50 | 19:41 | 20:44 | 15h 16min |
| July | 05:21 | 20:20 | 06:03 | 19:39 | 20:41 | 14h 59min |
| August | 05:52 | 19:47 | 06:31 | 19:09 | 20:06 | 13h 55min |
| September | 06:25 | 18:56 | 07:02 | 18:19 | 19:13 | 12h 31min |
| October | 06:57 | 18:04 | 07:36 | 17:26 | 18:21 | 11h 06min |
| November | 06:36 | 16:24 | 07:18 | 15:42 | 16:42 | 9h 48min |
| December | 07:07 | 16:13 | 07:53 | 15:28 | 16:33 | 9h 06min |
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 05:50 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:08.
After sunset, Boston still offers the blue hour: from 20:44 to 20:58 in June (14 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 Boston today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Boston from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:41, in mid-December at 15:28.
How long does golden hour last in Boston?
Between 37 minutes (March) and 45 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.