Golden hour in Richmond
Golden hour in Richmond starts at 19:54 on 15 June and runs 39 minutes; on 15 December it is 41 minutes from 16:13. The calculator above is preset to Richmond — 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 Richmond
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Golden and blue hour in Richmond: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Richmond (37.5407, -77.436) in the America/New_York timezone, DST included. Between December (41 minutes) and September (34 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 | 07:24 | 17:15 | 08:04 | 16:36 | 17:33 | 9h 51min |
| February | 07:00 | 17:49 | 07:36 | 17:13 | 18:06 | 10h 49min |
| March | 07:22 | 19:17 | 07:56 | 18:43 | 19:33 | 11h 55min |
| April | 06:36 | 19:45 | 07:11 | 19:10 | 20:02 | 13h 10min |
| May | 06:01 | 20:13 | 06:39 | 19:35 | 20:30 | 14h 11min |
| June | 05:49 | 20:33 | 06:28 | 19:54 | 20:52 | 14h 44min |
| July | 06:01 | 20:32 | 06:39 | 19:53 | 20:50 | 14h 31min |
| August | 06:26 | 20:04 | 07:02 | 19:28 | 20:21 | 13h 37min |
| September | 06:52 | 19:19 | 07:27 | 18:45 | 19:35 | 12h 27min |
| October | 07:18 | 18:34 | 07:54 | 17:59 | 18:50 | 11h 16min |
| November | 06:50 | 17:00 | 07:29 | 16:22 | 17:17 | 10h 10min |
| December | 07:18 | 16:53 | 07:59 | 16:13 | 17:11 | 9h 35min |
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 06:28 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:49.
After sunset, Richmond still offers the blue hour: from 20:52 to 21:04 in June (12 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 Richmond today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Richmond from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:54, in mid-December at 16:13.
How long does golden hour last in Richmond?
Between 34 minutes (September) and 41 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.