Golden hour in New York
Golden hour in New York starts at 19:48 on 15 June and runs 41 minutes; on 15 December it is 44 minutes from 15:47. The calculator above is preset to New York — 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 New York
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Golden and blue hour in New York: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of New York (40.7128, -74.006) in the America/New_York timezone, DST included. Between December (44 minutes) and March (36 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:19 | 16:53 | 08:01 | 16:11 | 17:12 | 9h 35min |
| February | 06:51 | 17:31 | 07:29 | 16:53 | 17:48 | 10h 40min |
| March | 07:09 | 19:03 | 07:45 | 18:27 | 19:20 | 11h 54min |
| April | 06:18 | 19:35 | 06:55 | 18:59 | 19:53 | 13h 17min |
| May | 05:40 | 20:07 | 06:19 | 19:27 | 20:25 | 14h 27min |
| June | 05:25 | 20:30 | 06:06 | 19:48 | 20:50 | 15h 04min |
| July | 05:38 | 20:27 | 06:19 | 19:47 | 20:47 | 14h 49min |
| August | 06:07 | 19:56 | 06:45 | 19:18 | 20:14 | 13h 49min |
| September | 06:37 | 19:07 | 07:14 | 18:31 | 19:24 | 12h 30min |
| October | 07:08 | 18:17 | 07:45 | 17:40 | 18:34 | 11h 10min |
| November | 06:44 | 16:39 | 07:24 | 15:59 | 16:58 | 9h 56min |
| December | 07:14 | 16:30 | 07:57 | 15:47 | 16:49 | 9h 17min |
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 06:06 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:25.
After sunset, New York still offers the blue hour: from 20:50 to 21:03 in June (13 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 New York today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for New York from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:48, in mid-December at 15:47.
How long does golden hour last in New York?
Between 36 minutes (March) and 44 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.