Golden hour in Mönchengladbach
Golden hour in Mönchengladbach starts at 20:58 on 15 June and runs 54 minutes; on 15 December it is 60 minutes from 15:27. The calculator above is preset to Mönchengladbach — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
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Golden and blue hour in Mönchengladbach: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Mönchengladbach (51.1805, 6.4428) and the Europe/Berlin timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 44 minutes in March and 60 in December — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:33 | 16:56 | 09:29 | 15:59 | 17:19 | 8h 23min |
| February | 07:49 | 17:50 | 08:37 | 17:02 | 18:11 | 10h 01min |
| March | 06:50 | 18:38 | 07:34 | 17:55 | 18:59 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:40 | 20:30 | 07:25 | 19:45 | 20:51 | 13h 49min |
| May | 05:45 | 21:18 | 06:34 | 20:29 | 21:43 | 15h 33min |
| June | 05:19 | 21:52 | 06:13 | 20:58 | 22:20 | 16h 33min |
| July | 05:37 | 21:45 | 06:28 | 20:53 | 22:11 | 16h 08min |
| August | 06:21 | 20:58 | 07:07 | 20:12 | 21:21 | 14h 37min |
| September | 07:10 | 19:51 | 07:53 | 19:08 | 20:12 | 12h 42min |
| October | 07:58 | 18:44 | 08:43 | 17:58 | 19:04 | 10h 46min |
| November | 07:51 | 16:48 | 08:44 | 15:55 | 17:11 | 8h 56min |
| December | 08:32 | 16:28 | 09:33 | 15:27 | 16:53 | 7h 55min |
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 06:13 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:19.
After sunset, Mönchengladbach still offers the blue hour: from 22:20 to 22:39 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 Mönchengladbach today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Mönchengladbach from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:58, in mid-December at 15:27.
How long does golden hour last in Mönchengladbach?
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.