Golden hour in Chisinau
Golden hour in Chisinau starts at 20:14 on 15 June and runs 47 minutes; on 15 December it is 52 minutes from 15:25. The calculator above is preset to Chisinau — 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 Chisinau
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Golden and blue hour in Chisinau: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Chisinau (47.0105, 28.8638) in the Europe/Chisinau timezone, DST included. Between December (52 minutes) and March (40 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.3.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:47 | 16:42 | 08:36 | 15:53 | 17:03 | 8h 55min |
| February | 07:11 | 17:29 | 07:54 | 16:45 | 17:48 | 10h 18min |
| March | 06:19 | 18:10 | 06:59 | 17:29 | 18:28 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:18 | 19:52 | 06:59 | 19:12 | 20:12 | 13h 34min |
| May | 05:30 | 20:33 | 06:15 | 19:49 | 20:55 | 15h 03min |
| June | 05:10 | 21:02 | 05:57 | 20:14 | 21:26 | 15h 52min |
| July | 05:25 | 20:57 | 06:11 | 20:11 | 21:20 | 15h 32min |
| August | 06:02 | 20:18 | 06:44 | 19:36 | 20:38 | 14h 16min |
| September | 06:43 | 19:19 | 07:23 | 18:39 | 19:38 | 12h 37min |
| October | 07:23 | 18:19 | 08:04 | 17:38 | 18:38 | 10h 57min |
| November | 07:08 | 16:32 | 07:55 | 15:45 | 16:52 | 9h 24min |
| December | 07:44 | 16:17 | 08:36 | 15:25 | 16:39 | 8h 32min |
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 05:57 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:10.
After sunset, Chisinau still offers the blue hour: from 21:26 to 21:42 in June (16 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 Chisinau today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Chisinau from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:14, in mid-December at 15:25.
How long does golden hour last in Chisinau?
Between 40 minutes (March) and 52 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.