Whether you're shooting portraits, real estate or just chasing a good sky, this is when the light works in Bloomington. Every time below is computed live for Bloomington's coordinates and updates for any date.
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.
Golden hour in Bloomington is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 4:32 PM in December to 9:03 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Bloomington's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Bloomington starts about 45 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 8:16 PM – 9:01 PM; in December it is 3:44 PM – 4:32 PM.
Sunset in Bloomington is earliest at 4:32 PM on December 3 and latest at 9:03 PM on June 21, a swing of about 4 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 45 minutes in midsummer and 48 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 48 minutes; the shortest is in September at about 38 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:47 AM | 4:58 PM | 4:12 PM – 4:58 PM | 46 min | 9h 11m |
| February | 7:13 AM | 5:41 PM | 5:00 PM – 5:41 PM | 41 min | 10h 28m |
| March | 7:25 AM | 7:19 PM | 6:40 PM – 7:19 PM | 39 min | 11h 54m |
| April | 6:28 AM | 7:58 PM | 7:19 PM – 7:58 PM | 39 min | 13h 30m |
| May | 5:44 AM | 8:35 PM | 7:52 PM – 8:35 PM | 43 min | 14h 51m |
| June | 5:26 AM | 9:01 PM | 8:16 PM – 9:01 PM | 45 min | 15h 35m |
| July | 5:41 AM | 8:56 PM | 8:12 PM – 8:56 PM | 44 min | 15h 15m |
| August | 6:15 AM | 8:19 PM | 7:38 PM – 8:19 PM | 41 min | 14h 04m |
| September | 6:52 AM | 7:23 PM | 6:45 PM – 7:23 PM | 38 min | 12h 32m |
| October | 7:28 AM | 6:28 PM | 5:48 PM – 6:28 PM | 40 min | 10h 59m |
| November | 7:10 AM | 4:44 PM | 4:00 PM – 4:44 PM | 44 min | 9h 34m |
| December | 7:44 AM | 4:32 PM | 3:44 PM – 4:32 PM | 48 min | 8h 49m |
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.
