Golden hour in Tucson
Golden hour in Tucson starts at 18:57 on 15 June and runs 36 minutes; on 15 December it is 37 minutes from 16:44. The calculator above is preset to Tucson — 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 Tucson
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Golden and blue hour in Tucson: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Tucson (32.2226, -110.9747) in the America/Phoenix timezone, DST included. Between December (37 minutes) and March (32 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 | 07:26 | 17:42 | 08:02 | 17:06 | 17:58 | 10h 16min |
| February | 07:07 | 18:11 | 07:41 | 17:37 | 18:26 | 11h 03min |
| March | 06:35 | 18:32 | 07:07 | 18:00 | 18:47 | 11h 57min |
| April | 05:55 | 18:54 | 06:28 | 18:21 | 19:09 | 12h 58min |
| May | 05:27 | 19:15 | 06:02 | 18:41 | 19:32 | 13h 48min |
| June | 05:18 | 19:33 | 05:54 | 18:57 | 19:50 | 14h 15min |
| July | 05:29 | 19:32 | 06:04 | 18:57 | 19:49 | 14h 04min |
| August | 05:49 | 19:10 | 06:22 | 18:36 | 19:25 | 13h 21min |
| September | 06:09 | 18:31 | 06:41 | 17:59 | 18:47 | 12h 23min |
| October | 06:28 | 17:53 | 07:01 | 17:19 | 18:08 | 11h 24min |
| November | 06:54 | 17:25 | 07:29 | 16:50 | 17:41 | 10h 31min |
| December | 07:18 | 17:21 | 07:56 | 16:44 | 17:38 | 10h 03min |
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 05:54 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:18.
After sunset, Tucson still offers the blue hour: from 19:50 to 20:01 in June (11 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 Tucson today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Tucson from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:57, in mid-December at 16:44.
How long does golden hour last in Tucson?
Between 32 minutes (March) and 37 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.