Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Alief, TX. Select a date to view the calculated light times.
The month-by-month table below is in this city's own local time. The live times above follow your device's timezone. Mountains, ridgelines and buildings can shorten the usable window — scout your horizon.
Terrain, buildings and weather can affect visible light. Check the horizon and conditions at the selected location.
In Alief, sunset ranges from 5:22 PM in November to 8:26 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Alief's coordinates (29.7111, -95.5963) and shown in America/Chicago.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:18 AM | 5:45 PM | 5:10 PM – 5:45 PM | 35 min | 10h 27m |
| February | 7:01 AM | 6:11 PM | 5:38 PM – 6:11 PM | 33 min | 11h 10m |
| March | 7:32 AM | 7:30 PM | 6:59 PM – 7:30 PM | 31 min | 11h 59m |
| April | 6:55 AM | 7:49 PM | 7:17 PM – 7:49 PM | 32 min | 12h 54m |
| May | 6:29 AM | 8:08 PM | 7:34 PM – 8:08 PM | 34 min | 13h 39m |
| June | 6:21 AM | 8:24 PM | 7:49 PM – 8:24 PM | 35 min | 14h 03m |
| July | 6:32 AM | 8:24 PM | 7:50 PM – 8:24 PM | 34 min | 13h 52m |
| August | 6:50 AM | 8:02 PM | 7:30 PM – 8:02 PM | 32 min | 13h 13m |
| September | 7:07 AM | 7:27 PM | 6:55 PM – 7:27 PM | 32 min | 12h 20m |
| October | 7:24 AM | 6:51 PM | 6:19 PM – 6:51 PM | 32 min | 11h 28m |
| November | 6:47 AM | 5:26 PM | 4:52 PM – 5:26 PM | 34 min | 10h 40m |
| December | 7:10 AM | 5:25 PM | 4:49 PM – 5:25 PM | 36 min | 10h 15m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Alief. It is longest in December at about 36 minutes and shortest in March at about 31 minutes — a difference of 5 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Alief gets 3h 48m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:25 PM in December to 8:24 PM in June, so an evening shoot that works in summer will be shooting in the dark at the same clock time in winter.
Blue hour follows sunset and is worth planning for separately: in June it runs until about 8:51 PM, and in December until about 5:51 PM.
Golden hour is the period near sunrise and sunset when the sun is low. Blue hour occurs before sunrise and after sunset. Calculated times vary with location and date; weather, terrain and buildings can affect visible light.
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