Golden hour in Pittsburgh
Golden hour in Pittsburgh starts at 20:12 on 15 June and runs 41 minutes; on 15 December it is 43 minutes from 16:12. The calculator above is preset to Pittsburgh — 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 Pittsburgh
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Golden and blue hour in Pittsburgh: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Pittsburgh (40.4406, -79.9959) in the America/New_York timezone, DST included. Between December (43 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 | 07:42 | 17:18 | 08:24 | 16:36 | 17:37 | 9h 36min |
| February | 07:15 | 17:56 | 07:53 | 17:17 | 18:13 | 10h 41min |
| March | 07:33 | 19:27 | 08:09 | 18:51 | 19:44 | 11h 54min |
| April | 06:42 | 19:59 | 07:19 | 19:22 | 20:16 | 13h 17min |
| May | 06:05 | 20:30 | 06:44 | 19:51 | 20:49 | 14h 25min |
| June | 05:50 | 20:53 | 06:31 | 20:12 | 21:13 | 15h 03min |
| July | 06:03 | 20:50 | 06:43 | 20:10 | 21:10 | 14h 47min |
| August | 06:32 | 20:19 | 07:09 | 19:42 | 20:37 | 13h 48min |
| September | 07:02 | 19:31 | 07:37 | 18:55 | 19:48 | 12h 29min |
| October | 07:31 | 18:41 | 08:08 | 18:05 | 18:58 | 11h 10min |
| November | 07:07 | 17:04 | 07:47 | 16:24 | 17:22 | 9h 57min |
| December | 07:37 | 16:55 | 08:20 | 16:12 | 17:14 | 9h 18min |
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 06:31 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:50.
After sunset, Pittsburgh still offers the blue hour: from 21:13 to 21:26 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 Pittsburgh today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Pittsburgh from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:12, in mid-December at 16:12.
How long does golden hour last in Pittsburgh?
Between 36 minutes (March) and 43 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.