Golden Hour

for photographers & skywatchers

Catch the soft hours before they pass.

Golden hour, blue hour, sunrise, sunset and moon — with light direction and horizon bearings, for any place you point to.

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Los Angeles, CASaturday, August 8, 2026
12a6:10 AM ↑12p7:47 PM ↓12a
Morning golden
5:51 AM – 6:44 AM
54 min
Evening golden
7:13 PM – 8:06 PM
54 min
Morning blue
5:43 AM – 5:51 AM
8 min
Evening blue
8:06 PM – 8:14 PM
8 min

Sun, moon & horizon

13h 38m of daylight · computed locally with suncalc

Sun
Sunrise6:10 AM · 70° ENE
Sunset7:47 PM · 290° WNW
Solar noon12:59 PM
Day length13h 38m
Moon
Waning Crescent
21% lit
Moonrise1:16 AM · 56°
Moonset4:48 PM · 305°
Twilight
Dawn · civil5:43 AM
Dawn · nautical5:10 AM
Dusk · civil8:14 PM
Dusk · nautical8:47 PM
Horizon
NESW
● Sunrise70° ENE
● Sunset290° WNW
○ Moon56° / 305°

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Soft, warm, directional — the light photographers wait all day for.

The golden hour is when the sun sits low — about −4° to +6° altitude — and the light turns gentle and directional. The blue hour is the cooler stretch just outside it, prized for even twilight tones. We compute both windows — morning and evening — for your exact coordinates and date, alongside sunrise, sunset, twilight, and the moon.