Golden hour in Cincinnati
Golden hour in Cincinnati starts at 20:26 on 15 June and runs 40 minutes; on 15 December it is 42 minutes from 16:35. The calculator above is preset to Cincinnati — 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 Cincinnati
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Golden and blue hour in Cincinnati: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Cincinnati (39.1031, -84.512) in the America/New_York timezone, DST included. Between December (42 minutes) and March (35 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 | 07:56 | 17:40 | 08:37 | 16:59 | 17:58 | 9h 43min |
| February | 07:31 | 18:16 | 08:08 | 17:38 | 18:32 | 10h 45min |
| March | 07:50 | 19:45 | 08:26 | 19:10 | 20:02 | 11h 55min |
| April | 07:02 | 20:15 | 07:38 | 19:39 | 20:32 | 13h 13min |
| May | 06:26 | 20:45 | 07:04 | 20:06 | 21:03 | 14h 19min |
| June | 06:12 | 21:06 | 06:52 | 20:26 | 21:26 | 14h 54min |
| July | 06:25 | 21:04 | 07:04 | 20:25 | 21:23 | 14h 39min |
| August | 06:52 | 20:35 | 07:29 | 19:58 | 20:52 | 13h 43min |
| September | 07:20 | 19:48 | 07:55 | 19:13 | 20:05 | 12h 28min |
| October | 07:48 | 19:01 | 08:24 | 18:25 | 19:17 | 11h 13min |
| November | 07:22 | 17:25 | 08:01 | 16:46 | 17:43 | 10h 03min |
| December | 07:51 | 17:17 | 08:33 | 16:35 | 17:36 | 9h 26min |
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 06:52 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:12.
After sunset, Cincinnati still offers the blue hour: from 21:26 to 21:39 in June (13 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 Cincinnati today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Cincinnati from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:26, in mid-December at 16:35.
How long does golden hour last in Cincinnati?
Between 35 minutes (March) and 42 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.