Sun, Oct 25

Golden hour and blue hour times

Evening golden hour

5:25 PM – 6:20 PM

55 min · 248° WSW

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Solar noon12:41 PM37.2° altitude

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GoldenHourly field brief

New York, New York · Sun, Oct 25

Evening golden hour · 5:25 PM – 6:20 PM

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Arrive by: 5:10 PM
Duration: 55 min
Direction: 248° WSW
Azimuth: 248°→258°
Sunrise: 7:19 AM
Sunset: 6:03 PM

Weather, terrain, buildings, local access, and elevation are not included.

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New York · Sun, Oct 25

The day’s light windows

Blue and golden windows can be only minutes long. Confirm the exact boundaries here before you commit to an arrival time — every value follows the city and date selected in the planner.

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Morning blue: 6:51 AM – 7:02 AM
Morning gold: 7:02 AM – 7:57 AM
Daylight: 10 hr 44 min
Evening gold: 5:25 PM – 6:20 PM
Evening blue: 6:20 PM – 6:31 PM

Evening golden hour · dates shown below

Compare light windows across cities

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01 New York 40.71°, -74.01° sunrisesolar noonsunset Sun, Oct 255:25 PM – 6:20 PM 02 Los Angeles 34.05°, -118.24° sunrisesolar noonsunset Sun, Oct 255:34 PM – 6:24 PM 03 Chicago 41.88°, -87.63° sunrisesolar noonsunset Sun, Oct 255:17 PM – 6:13 PM 04 Houston 29.76°, -95.37° sunrisesolar noonsunset Sun, Oct 256:09 PM – 6:57 PM 05 Phoenix 33.45°, -112.07° sunrisesolar noonsunset Sun, Oct 255:10 PM – 6:00 PM 06 Philadelphia 39.95°, -75.17° sunrisesolar noonsunset Sun, Oct 255:31 PM – 6:26 PM

Know the light before you go

Field guides for changing light

Golden hour begins while the sun is low, roughly from 6° above the horizon to 4° below it. Blue hour follows between about −4° and −6°. GoldenHourly turns those angles into local times you can plan around.

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