Photographers plan around two windows: the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset. Here are both for East Independence — computed live for its exact coordinates, accurate for any date you pick.
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: Reflections double golden hour: water, glass buildings and wet pavement all pick up the sky's color in the hour around sunset.
In East Independence, sunset ranges from 4:54 PM in December to 8:47 PM in June. All times local to East Independence (America/Chicago).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:34 AM | 5:19 PM | 4:38 PM – 5:19 PM | 41 min | 9h 44m |
| February | 7:08 AM | 5:54 PM | 5:17 PM – 5:54 PM | 37 min | 10h 46m |
| March | 7:28 AM | 7:24 PM | 6:49 PM – 7:24 PM | 35 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 6:40 AM | 7:54 PM | 7:19 PM – 7:54 PM | 35 min | 13h 14m |
| May | 6:04 AM | 8:23 PM | 7:45 PM – 8:23 PM | 38 min | 14h 19m |
| June | 5:50 AM | 8:45 PM | 8:05 PM – 8:45 PM | 40 min | 14h 54m |
| July | 6:03 AM | 8:42 PM | 8:03 PM – 8:42 PM | 39 min | 14h 39m |
| August | 6:30 AM | 8:12 PM | 7:35 PM – 8:12 PM | 37 min | 13h 42m |
| September | 6:58 AM | 7:25 PM | 6:50 PM – 7:25 PM | 35 min | 12h 27m |
| October | 7:27 AM | 6:38 PM | 6:02 PM – 6:38 PM | 36 min | 11h 11m |
| November | 7:00 AM | 5:03 PM | 4:23 PM – 5:03 PM | 40 min | 10h 02m |
| December | 7:29 AM | 4:55 PM | 4:13 PM – 4:55 PM | 42 min | 9h 26m |
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.
