Golden hour in Lucerne
Golden hour in Lucerne starts at 20:37 on 15 June and runs 48 minutes; on 15 December it is 52 minutes from 15:47. The calculator above is preset to Lucerne — 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 Lucerne
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Golden and blue hour in Lucerne: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Lucerne (47.0502, 8.3093) in the Europe/Zurich 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 | 08:09 | 17:04 | 08:59 | 16:15 | 17:25 | 8h 55min |
| February | 07:33 | 17:51 | 08:16 | 17:08 | 18:10 | 10h 18min |
| March | 06:41 | 18:32 | 07:22 | 17:52 | 18:51 | 11h 51min |
| April | 06:40 | 20:15 | 07:21 | 19:34 | 20:34 | 13h 35min |
| May | 05:52 | 20:56 | 06:37 | 20:11 | 21:17 | 15h 03min |
| June | 05:32 | 21:24 | 06:19 | 20:37 | 21:48 | 15h 53min |
| July | 05:47 | 21:20 | 06:33 | 20:33 | 21:42 | 15h 33min |
| August | 06:24 | 20:40 | 07:07 | 19:58 | 21:00 | 14h 16min |
| September | 07:05 | 19:41 | 07:45 | 19:01 | 20:00 | 12h 36min |
| October | 07:45 | 18:42 | 08:27 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 10h 57min |
| November | 07:31 | 16:54 | 08:17 | 16:07 | 17:14 | 9h 23min |
| December | 08:07 | 16:39 | 08:58 | 15:47 | 17:01 | 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 06:19 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:32.
After sunset, Lucerne still offers the blue hour: from 21:48 to 22:04 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 Lucerne today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Lucerne from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:37, in mid-December at 15:47.
How long does golden hour last in Lucerne?
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.