Photographers plan around two windows: the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset. Here are both for Huntsville — 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: For skylines and wide shots, the 15 minutes after sunset usually beats the sunset itself: the sky holds color while buildings and streetlights come up.
In Huntsville, sunset ranges from 4:35 PM in November to 8:03 PM in June. All times local to Huntsville (America/Chicago).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:53 AM | 4:58 PM | 4:21 PM – 4:58 PM | 37 min | 10h 06m |
| February | 6:31 AM | 5:29 PM | 4:54 PM – 5:29 PM | 35 min | 10h 58m |
| March | 6:56 AM | 6:54 PM | 6:20 PM – 6:54 PM | 34 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:14 AM | 7:18 PM | 6:44 PM – 7:18 PM | 34 min | 13h 04m |
| May | 5:43 AM | 7:42 PM | 7:06 PM – 7:42 PM | 36 min | 13h 59m |
| June | 5:32 AM | 8:01 PM | 7:23 PM – 8:01 PM | 38 min | 14h 29m |
| July | 5:44 AM | 7:59 PM | 7:23 PM – 7:59 PM | 36 min | 14h 15m |
| August | 6:06 AM | 7:34 PM | 6:59 PM – 7:34 PM | 35 min | 13h 27m |
| September | 6:29 AM | 6:52 PM | 6:19 PM – 6:52 PM | 33 min | 12h 24m |
| October | 6:52 AM | 6:11 PM | 5:37 PM – 6:11 PM | 34 min | 11h 19m |
| November | 6:20 AM | 4:41 PM | 4:04 PM – 4:41 PM | 37 min | 10h 21m |
| December | 6:46 AM | 4:36 PM | 3:58 PM – 4:36 PM | 38 min | 9h 51m |
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.
