Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Bloomington, IN. 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.
Golden hour in Bloomington is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 5:23 PM in November to 9:16 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 41 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 8:33 PM – 9:14 PM; in December it is 4:42 PM – 5:24 PM.
Sunset in Bloomington is earliest at 5:23 PM on November 30 and latest at 9:16 PM on June 23, a swing of about 4 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 41 minutes in midsummer and 42 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 42 minutes; the shortest is in September at about 35 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8:03 AM | 5:47 PM | 5:06 PM – 5:47 PM | 41 min | 9h 44m |
| February | 7:37 AM | 6:23 PM | 5:46 PM – 6:23 PM | 37 min | 10h 46m |
| March | 7:57 AM | 7:53 PM | 7:17 PM – 7:53 PM | 36 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 7:09 AM | 8:23 PM | 7:47 PM – 8:23 PM | 36 min | 13h 14m |
| May | 6:32 AM | 8:52 PM | 8:14 PM – 8:52 PM | 38 min | 14h 20m |
| June | 6:19 AM | 9:14 PM | 8:33 PM – 9:14 PM | 41 min | 14h 55m |
| July | 6:32 AM | 9:11 PM | 8:32 PM – 9:11 PM | 39 min | 14h 39m |
| August | 6:59 AM | 8:41 PM | 8:04 PM – 8:41 PM | 37 min | 13h 42m |
| September | 7:27 AM | 7:54 PM | 7:19 PM – 7:54 PM | 35 min | 12h 27m |
| October | 7:55 AM | 7:07 PM | 6:30 PM – 7:07 PM | 37 min | 11h 11m |
| November | 7:29 AM | 5:31 PM | 4:52 PM – 5:31 PM | 39 min | 10h 02m |
| December | 7:58 AM | 5:24 PM | 4:42 PM – 5:24 PM | 42 min | 9h 26m |
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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