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Golden Hour in Dearborn, MI

Great light in Dearborn isn't luck — it's timing. This page calculates today's sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour for Dearborn's exact location, live, and works for any date you choose.

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.

Where to shoot it

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 Dearborn, sunset ranges from 5:00 PM in December to 9:13 PM in June. All times local to Dearborn (America/Detroit).

MonthSunriseSunsetGolden hour (evening)LengthDaylight
January7:59 AM5:25 PM4:42 PM – 5:25 PM43 min9h 27m
February7:28 AM6:05 PM5:25 PM – 6:05 PM40 min10h 36m
March7:44 AM7:39 PM7:02 PM – 7:39 PM37 min11h 55m
April6:51 AM8:14 PM7:36 PM – 8:14 PM38 min13h 23m
May6:11 AM8:47 PM8:07 PM – 8:47 PM40 min14h 36m
June5:55 AM9:11 PM8:28 PM – 9:11 PM43 min15h 16m
July6:09 AM9:07 PM8:26 PM – 9:07 PM41 min14h 58m
August6:40 AM8:33 PM7:55 PM – 8:33 PM38 min13h 53m
September7:12 AM7:42 PM7:05 PM – 7:42 PM37 min12h 29m
October7:45 AM6:50 PM6:12 PM – 6:50 PM38 min11h 05m
November7:23 AM5:10 PM4:28 PM – 5:10 PM42 min9h 47m
December7:54 AM5:00 PM4:15 PM – 5:00 PM45 min9h 06m

What is golden hour?

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.

Chasing the light for a shoot?

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