Golden hour in Cottbus
Golden hour in Cottbus starts at 20:29 on 15 June and runs 55 minutes; on 15 December it is 62 minutes from 14:51. The calculator above is preset to Cottbus — 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 Cottbus
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Golden and blue hour in Cottbus: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Cottbus (51.7563, 14.3329) in the Europe/Berlin timezone, DST included. Between December (62 minutes) and September (44 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.4.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:04 | 16:22 | 09:01 | 15:24 | 16:46 | 8h 18min |
| February | 07:19 | 17:17 | 08:07 | 16:28 | 17:38 | 9h 58min |
| March | 06:18 | 18:07 | 07:03 | 17:22 | 18:27 | 11h 48min |
| April | 06:08 | 19:59 | 06:53 | 19:14 | 20:21 | 13h 51min |
| May | 05:11 | 20:49 | 06:01 | 19:59 | 21:14 | 15h 38min |
| June | 04:44 | 21:24 | 05:39 | 20:29 | 21:52 | 16h 39min |
| July | 05:02 | 21:16 | 05:55 | 20:24 | 21:43 | 16h 14min |
| August | 05:48 | 20:28 | 06:35 | 19:41 | 20:51 | 14h 41min |
| September | 06:38 | 19:20 | 07:22 | 18:36 | 19:41 | 12h 42min |
| October | 07:27 | 18:11 | 08:13 | 17:25 | 18:32 | 10h 44min |
| November | 07:22 | 16:14 | 08:16 | 15:20 | 16:37 | 8h 52min |
| December | 08:04 | 15:53 | 09:06 | 14:51 | 16:19 | 7h 50min |
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 05:39 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:44.
After sunset, Cottbus still offers the blue hour: from 21:52 to 22:12 in June (20 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 Cottbus today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Cottbus from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:29, in mid-December at 14:51.
How long does golden hour last in Cottbus?
Between 44 minutes (September) and 62 minutes (December) 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.