Golden hour in Canberra
Golden hour in Canberra starts at 16:19 on 15 June and runs 39 minutes; on 15 December it is 38 minutes from 19:37. The calculator above is preset to Canberra — 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 Canberra
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Golden and blue hour in Canberra: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Canberra (-35.2809, 149.13) in the Australia/Sydney timezone, DST included. Between June (39 minutes) and March (33 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 06:05 | 20:22 | 06:42 | 19:45 | 20:39 | 14h 17min |
| February | 06:37 | 20:00 | 07:12 | 19:26 | 20:16 | 13h 23min |
| March | 07:03 | 19:24 | 07:36 | 18:51 | 19:40 | 12h 22min |
| April | 06:27 | 17:41 | 07:02 | 17:07 | 17:57 | 11h 14min |
| May | 06:52 | 17:10 | 07:29 | 16:33 | 17:26 | 10h 18min |
| June | 07:11 | 16:58 | 07:50 | 16:19 | 17:16 | 9h 47min |
| July | 07:11 | 17:09 | 07:49 | 16:31 | 17:27 | 9h 59min |
| August | 06:46 | 17:32 | 07:22 | 16:56 | 17:48 | 10h 46min |
| September | 06:05 | 17:55 | 06:39 | 17:21 | 18:10 | 11h 50min |
| October | 06:22 | 19:18 | 06:56 | 18:44 | 19:34 | 12h 56min |
| November | 05:50 | 19:48 | 06:26 | 19:12 | 20:05 | 13h 57min |
| December | 05:44 | 20:15 | 06:21 | 19:37 | 20:33 | 14h 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 07:50 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 07:11.
After sunset, Canberra still offers the blue hour: from 17:16 to 17:27 in June (11 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 Canberra today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Canberra from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:19, in mid-December at 19:37.
How long does golden hour last in Canberra?
Between 33 minutes (March) and 39 minutes (June) 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.