Golden hour in Ghent
Golden hour in Ghent starts at 21:09 on 15 June and runs 53 minutes; on 15 December it is 60 minutes from 15:39. The calculator above is preset to Ghent — 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 Ghent
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Golden and blue hour in Ghent: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Ghent (51.0543, 3.7174) in the Europe/Brussels timezone, DST included. Between December (60 minutes) and March (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 | 08:43 | 17:07 | 09:39 | 16:11 | 17:31 | 8h 24min |
| February | 07:59 | 18:01 | 08:47 | 17:13 | 18:22 | 10h 01min |
| March | 07:01 | 18:49 | 07:44 | 18:06 | 19:10 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:51 | 20:40 | 07:36 | 19:56 | 21:01 | 13h 49min |
| May | 05:56 | 21:28 | 06:45 | 20:39 | 21:53 | 15h 32min |
| June | 05:31 | 22:02 | 06:24 | 21:09 | 22:30 | 16h 31min |
| July | 05:48 | 21:55 | 06:39 | 21:04 | 22:21 | 16h 07min |
| August | 06:32 | 21:09 | 07:19 | 20:23 | 21:31 | 14h 36min |
| September | 07:21 | 20:02 | 08:04 | 19:18 | 20:22 | 12h 41min |
| October | 08:09 | 18:55 | 08:54 | 18:09 | 19:15 | 10h 46min |
| November | 08:02 | 16:59 | 08:55 | 16:07 | 17:22 | 8h 57min |
| December | 08:43 | 16:39 | 09:43 | 15:39 | 17:04 | 7h 57min |
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 06:24 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:31.
After sunset, Ghent still offers the blue hour: from 22:30 to 22:49 in June (19 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 Ghent today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Ghent from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:09, in mid-December at 15:39.
How long does golden hour last in Ghent?
Between 44 minutes (March) and 60 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.