Photographers plan around two windows: the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset. Here are both for Edison — computed live for its exact coordinates, accurate for any date you pick. On this side of the country, sunrise is the underrated window — the sun comes up over the Atlantic side and morning golden hour is quieter than the evening one.
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: Shoot with the sun behind your subject during golden hour and expose for the face — the rim light does the rest.
In Edison, sunset ranges from 4:30 PM in December to 8:32 PM in June. All times local to Edison (America/New_York).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:18 AM | 4:55 PM | 4:13 PM – 4:55 PM | 42 min | 9h 37m |
| February | 6:51 AM | 5:32 PM | 4:54 PM – 5:32 PM | 38 min | 10h 42m |
| March | 7:09 AM | 7:04 PM | 6:28 PM – 7:04 PM | 36 min | 11h 55m |
| April | 6:19 AM | 7:36 PM | 7:00 PM – 7:36 PM | 36 min | 13h 18m |
| May | 5:41 AM | 8:07 PM | 7:28 PM – 8:07 PM | 39 min | 14h 27m |
| June | 5:26 AM | 8:30 PM | 7:48 PM – 8:30 PM | 42 min | 15h 03m |
| July | 5:40 AM | 8:26 PM | 7:46 PM – 8:26 PM | 40 min | 14h 47m |
| August | 6:08 AM | 7:55 PM | 7:17 PM – 7:55 PM | 38 min | 13h 47m |
| September | 6:38 AM | 7:06 PM | 6:30 PM – 7:06 PM | 36 min | 12h 28m |
| October | 7:08 AM | 6:17 PM | 5:40 PM – 6:17 PM | 37 min | 11h 09m |
| November | 6:44 AM | 4:40 PM | 3:59 PM – 4:40 PM | 41 min | 9h 56m |
| December | 7:13 AM | 4:31 PM | 3:48 PM – 4:31 PM | 43 min | 9h 18m |
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.
