Great light in Independence isn't luck — it's timing. This page calculates today's sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour for Independence'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.
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 Independence, sunset ranges from 4:54 PM in December to 8:47 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 40 minutes at the summer solstice and 43 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Independence (America/Chicago).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:35 AM | 5:19 PM | 4:38 PM – 5:19 PM | 41 min | 9h 44m |
| February | 7:09 AM | 5:55 PM | 5:17 PM – 5:55 PM | 38 min | 10h 46m |
| March | 7:28 AM | 7:24 PM | 6:49 PM – 7:24 PM | 35 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 6:40 AM | 7:55 PM | 7:19 PM – 7:55 PM | 36 min | 13h 14m |
| May | 6:04 AM | 8:24 PM | 7:45 PM – 8:24 PM | 39 min | 14h 19m |
| June | 5:51 AM | 8:45 PM | 8:05 PM – 8:45 PM | 40 min | 14h 54m |
| July | 6:04 AM | 8:42 PM | 8:03 PM – 8:42 PM | 39 min | 14h 39m |
| August | 6:31 AM | 8:12 PM | 7:35 PM – 8:12 PM | 37 min | 13h 41m |
| September | 6:59 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 | 4:56 PM | 4:13 PM – 4:56 PM | 43 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.
