Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Cambridge, MA. 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 Cambridge, sunset ranges from 4:11 PM in December to 8:25 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Cambridge's coordinates (42.3751, -71.1056) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:10 AM | 4:37 PM | 3:53 PM – 4:37 PM | 44 min | 9h 26m |
| February | 6:40 AM | 5:16 PM | 4:37 PM – 5:16 PM | 39 min | 10h 36m |
| March | 6:56 AM | 6:50 PM | 6:13 PM – 6:50 PM | 37 min | 11h 55m |
| April | 6:03 AM | 7:26 PM | 6:48 PM – 7:26 PM | 38 min | 13h 23m |
| May | 5:22 AM | 7:59 PM | 7:18 PM – 7:59 PM | 41 min | 14h 36m |
| June | 5:06 AM | 8:23 PM | 7:40 PM – 8:23 PM | 43 min | 15h 16m |
| July | 5:21 AM | 8:19 PM | 7:37 PM – 8:19 PM | 42 min | 14h 58m |
| August | 5:51 AM | 7:45 PM | 7:06 PM – 7:45 PM | 39 min | 13h 54m |
| September | 6:24 AM | 6:53 PM | 6:17 PM – 6:53 PM | 36 min | 12h 30m |
| October | 6:57 AM | 6:02 PM | 5:24 PM – 6:02 PM | 38 min | 11h 05m |
| November | 6:35 AM | 4:22 PM | 3:40 PM – 4:22 PM | 42 min | 9h 47m |
| December | 7:06 AM | 4:12 PM | 3:27 PM – 4:12 PM | 45 min | 9h 06m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Cambridge. It is longest in December at about 45 minutes and shortest in September at about 36 minutes — a difference of 9 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Cambridge gets 6h 10m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:12 PM in December to 8:23 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 8:57 PM, and in December until about 4:44 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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