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Golden Hour in Greenville, NC

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

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 Greenville, sunset ranges from 4:56 PM in November to 8:29 PM in June. All times local to Greenville (America/New_York).

MonthSunriseSunsetGolden hour (evening)LengthDaylight
January7:18 AM5:19 PM4:41 PM – 5:19 PM38 min10h 01m
February6:56 AM5:51 PM5:16 PM – 5:51 PM35 min10h 55m
March7:20 AM7:17 PM6:43 PM – 7:17 PM34 min11h 57m
April6:36 AM7:42 PM7:08 PM – 7:42 PM34 min13h 06m
May6:04 AM8:07 PM7:31 PM – 8:07 PM36 min14h 03m
June5:53 AM8:26 PM7:49 PM – 8:26 PM37 min14h 33m
July6:05 AM8:25 PM7:48 PM – 8:25 PM37 min14h 20m
August6:28 AM7:58 PM7:23 PM – 7:58 PM35 min13h 30m
September6:52 AM7:16 PM6:42 PM – 7:16 PM34 min12h 24m
October7:16 AM6:33 PM5:59 PM – 6:33 PM34 min11h 18m
November6:45 AM5:02 PM4:25 PM – 5:02 PM37 min10h 17m
December7:11 AM4:57 PM4:18 PM – 4:57 PM39 min9h 46m

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?

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.