Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Clifton, NJ. 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 Clifton, sunset ranges from 4:28 PM in December to 8:32 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Clifton's coordinates (40.8584, -74.1638) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:18 AM | 4:53 PM | 4:11 PM – 4:53 PM | 42 min | 9h 35m |
| February | 6:50 AM | 5:31 PM | 4:53 PM – 5:31 PM | 38 min | 10h 41m |
| March | 7:08 AM | 7:03 PM | 6:27 PM – 7:03 PM | 36 min | 11h 55m |
| April | 6:17 AM | 7:36 PM | 6:59 PM – 7:36 PM | 37 min | 13h 19m |
| May | 5:39 AM | 8:07 PM | 7:28 PM – 8:07 PM | 39 min | 14h 28m |
| June | 5:24 AM | 8:30 PM | 7:48 PM – 8:30 PM | 42 min | 15h 06m |
| July | 5:37 AM | 8:26 PM | 7:46 PM – 8:26 PM | 40 min | 14h 49m |
| August | 6:06 AM | 7:54 PM | 7:17 PM – 7:54 PM | 37 min | 13h 48m |
| September | 6:37 AM | 7:05 PM | 6:29 PM – 7:05 PM | 36 min | 12h 28m |
| October | 7:08 AM | 6:16 PM | 5:38 PM – 6:16 PM | 38 min | 11h 08m |
| November | 6:43 AM | 4:38 PM | 3:57 PM – 4:38 PM | 41 min | 9h 54m |
| December | 7:14 AM | 4:29 PM | 3:45 PM – 4:29 PM | 44 min | 9h 16m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Clifton. It is longest in December at about 44 minutes and shortest in March at about 36 minutes — a difference of 8 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Clifton gets 5h 50m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:29 PM in December to 8:30 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 9:03 PM, and in December until about 5:00 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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