Ann Arbor's golden hour is short, specific, and worth planning around. The times below are computed live for Ann Arbor's exact coordinates (42.2776, -83.7409) and update automatically for any date you pick — sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour, all in local time.
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.
Local tip: Find an open west-facing view for sunset and an east-facing one for sunrise — buildings and hills eat the last 15 minutes of light in most city centers.
In Ann Arbor, sunset ranges from 5:02 PM in December to 9:15 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 43 minutes at the summer solstice and 45 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Ann Arbor (America/Detroit).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8:01 AM | 5:28 PM | 4:44 PM – 5:28 PM | 44 min | 9h 27m |
| February | 7:31 AM | 6:07 PM | 5:28 PM – 6:07 PM | 39 min | 10h 36m |
| March | 7:46 AM | 7:41 PM | 7:04 PM – 7:41 PM | 37 min | 11h 55m |
| April | 6:54 AM | 8:16 PM | 7:38 PM – 8:16 PM | 38 min | 13h 23m |
| May | 6:13 AM | 8:49 PM | 8:09 PM – 8:49 PM | 40 min | 14h 36m |
| June | 5:57 AM | 9:13 PM | 8:30 PM – 9:13 PM | 43 min | 15h 16m |
| July | 6:11 AM | 9:09 PM | 8:28 PM – 9:09 PM | 41 min | 14h 58m |
| August | 6:42 AM | 8:35 PM | 7:57 PM – 8:35 PM | 38 min | 13h 53m |
| September | 7:15 AM | 7:44 PM | 7:07 PM – 7:44 PM | 37 min | 12h 29m |
| October | 7:47 AM | 6:52 PM | 6:14 PM – 6:52 PM | 38 min | 11h 05m |
| November | 7:25 AM | 5:13 PM | 4:31 PM – 5:13 PM | 42 min | 9h 47m |
| December | 7:56 AM | 5:03 PM | 4:18 PM – 5:03 PM | 45 min | 9h 06m |
Golden hour is the stretch just after sunrise and just before sunset, when the low sun turns hard daylight into soft, warm, directional light — the most flattering natural light for portraits, real estate, product and landscape photography. Blue hour follows sunset (and precedes sunrise): a short window of deep, even blue that's ideal for twilight real estate shots and skylines. Both windows change with latitude and season, which is why this page computes them live instead of guessing.
Kanyon Studio is a San Diego photography and video studio — golden hour is our home field. Brand shoots, products, real estate and portraits, planned around exactly this light.
