Golden hour in Magdeburg
Golden hour in Magdeburg starts at 20:41 on 15 June and runs 55 minutes; on 15 December it is 63 minutes from 14:59. The calculator above is preset to Magdeburg — 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 Magdeburg
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Golden and blue hour in Magdeburg: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Magdeburg (52.1205, 11.6276) in the Europe/Berlin timezone, DST included. Between December (63 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 | 08:16 | 16:31 | 09:15 | 15:32 | 16:55 | 8h 15min |
| February | 07:30 | 17:27 | 08:19 | 16:38 | 17:48 | 9h 56min |
| March | 06:29 | 18:17 | 07:14 | 17:33 | 18:38 | 11h 48min |
| April | 06:18 | 20:11 | 07:03 | 19:25 | 20:32 | 13h 53min |
| May | 05:20 | 21:01 | 06:11 | 20:11 | 21:26 | 15h 41min |
| June | 04:53 | 21:36 | 05:48 | 20:41 | 22:05 | 16h 43min |
| July | 05:11 | 21:29 | 06:04 | 20:36 | 21:56 | 16h 18min |
| August | 05:58 | 20:40 | 06:45 | 19:53 | 21:03 | 14h 43min |
| September | 06:48 | 19:31 | 07:33 | 18:47 | 19:52 | 12h 43min |
| October | 07:38 | 18:22 | 08:25 | 17:35 | 18:43 | 10h 43min |
| November | 07:34 | 16:24 | 08:29 | 15:29 | 16:47 | 8h 50min |
| December | 08:16 | 16:02 | 09:20 | 14:59 | 16:28 | 7h 46min |
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 05:48 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:53.
After sunset, Magdeburg still offers the blue hour: from 22:05 to 22:25 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 Magdeburg today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Magdeburg from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:41, in mid-December at 14:59.
How long does golden hour last in Magdeburg?
Between 45 minutes (March) and 63 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.