Golden hour in St. Louis
Golden hour in St. Louis starts at 19:48 on 15 June and runs 40 minutes; on 15 December it is 42 minutes from 16:00. The calculator above is preset to St. Louis — 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 St. Louis
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Golden and blue hour in St. Louis: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of St. Louis (38.627, -90.1994) in the America/Chicago timezone, DST included. Between December (42 minutes) and March (35 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 | 07:18 | 17:04 | 07:58 | 16:23 | 17:22 | 9h 46min |
| February | 06:53 | 17:39 | 07:30 | 17:02 | 17:56 | 10h 46min |
| March | 07:13 | 19:08 | 07:48 | 18:33 | 19:24 | 11h 55min |
| April | 06:25 | 19:38 | 07:01 | 19:02 | 19:54 | 13h 12min |
| May | 05:50 | 20:06 | 06:28 | 19:28 | 20:24 | 14h 16min |
| June | 05:37 | 20:28 | 06:16 | 19:48 | 20:47 | 14h 51min |
| July | 05:49 | 20:26 | 06:28 | 19:47 | 20:44 | 14h 37min |
| August | 06:16 | 19:57 | 06:52 | 19:20 | 20:14 | 13h 41min |
| September | 06:43 | 19:11 | 07:18 | 18:36 | 19:27 | 12h 28min |
| October | 07:10 | 18:24 | 07:46 | 17:48 | 18:40 | 11h 13min |
| November | 06:44 | 16:49 | 07:23 | 16:10 | 17:06 | 10h 05min |
| December | 07:12 | 16:41 | 07:54 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 9h 29min |
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 06:16 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:37.
After sunset, St. Louis still offers the blue hour: from 20:47 to 20:59 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 St. Louis today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for St. Louis from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:48, in mid-December at 16:00.
How long does golden hour last in St. Louis?
Between 35 minutes (March) and 42 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.