Golden hour in Limerick
Golden hour in Limerick starts at 21:04 on 15 June and runs 56 minutes; on 15 December it is 65 minutes from 15:16. The calculator above is preset to Limerick — 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 Limerick
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Golden and blue hour in Limerick: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Limerick (52.6638, -8.6267) in the Europe/Dublin timezone, DST included. Between December (65 minutes) and March (45 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 | 08:40 | 16:49 | 09:40 | 15:49 | 17:14 | 8h 10min |
| February | 07:53 | 17:47 | 08:42 | 16:57 | 18:09 | 9h 54min |
| March | 06:50 | 18:38 | 07:36 | 17:53 | 18:59 | 11h 48min |
| April | 06:38 | 20:33 | 07:24 | 19:47 | 20:55 | 13h 55min |
| May | 05:39 | 21:25 | 06:30 | 20:33 | 21:50 | 15h 46min |
| June | 05:11 | 22:01 | 06:07 | 21:04 | 22:30 | 16h 50min |
| July | 05:29 | 21:53 | 06:23 | 20:59 | 22:21 | 16h 23min |
| August | 06:17 | 21:03 | 07:05 | 20:15 | 21:26 | 14h 46min |
| September | 07:09 | 19:52 | 07:54 | 19:07 | 20:14 | 12h 43min |
| October | 08:00 | 18:42 | 08:48 | 17:54 | 19:03 | 10h 41min |
| November | 07:57 | 16:43 | 08:53 | 15:47 | 17:06 | 8h 45min |
| December | 08:40 | 16:20 | 09:45 | 15:16 | 16:46 | 7h 40min |
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 06:07 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:11.
After sunset, Limerick still offers the blue hour: from 22:30 to 22:51 in June (21 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 Limerick today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Limerick from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:04, in mid-December at 15:16.
How long does golden hour last in Limerick?
Between 45 minutes (March) and 65 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.