Photographers plan around two windows: the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset. Here are both for Kent — computed live for its exact coordinates, accurate for any date you pick. With a west-facing coastline nearby, evenings are the show — the sun drops toward the Pacific and the last hour of light runs warm and long.
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: Overcast day? A thin cloud layer at golden hour acts like a giant softbox — some of the best portrait light happens on days everyone else stays home.
Golden hour in Kent is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 4:18 PM in December to 9:09 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Kent's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Kent starts about 48 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 8:19 PM – 9:07 PM; in December it is 3:26 PM – 4:18 PM.
Sunset in Kent is earliest at 4:18 PM on December 5 and latest at 9:09 PM on June 19, a swing of about 5 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 48 minutes in midsummer and 52 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 52 minutes; the shortest is in March at about 40 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:51 AM | 4:45 PM | 3:56 PM – 4:45 PM | 49 min | 8h 54m |
| February | 7:13 AM | 5:32 PM | 4:49 PM – 5:32 PM | 43 min | 10h 19m |
| March | 7:21 AM | 7:14 PM | 6:34 PM – 7:14 PM | 40 min | 11h 53m |
| April | 6:20 AM | 7:58 PM | 7:17 PM – 7:58 PM | 41 min | 13h 38m |
| May | 5:32 AM | 8:39 PM | 7:54 PM – 8:39 PM | 45 min | 15h 07m |
| June | 5:11 AM | 9:07 PM | 8:19 PM – 9:07 PM | 48 min | 15h 56m |
| July | 5:27 AM | 9:01 PM | 8:15 PM – 9:01 PM | 46 min | 15h 34m |
| August | 6:05 AM | 8:20 PM | 7:37 PM – 8:20 PM | 43 min | 14h 15m |
| September | 6:46 AM | 7:20 PM | 6:40 PM – 7:20 PM | 40 min | 12h 34m |
| October | 7:27 AM | 6:20 PM | 5:38 PM – 6:20 PM | 42 min | 10h 53m |
| November | 7:13 AM | 4:32 PM | 3:45 PM – 4:32 PM | 47 min | 9h 19m |
| December | 7:49 AM | 4:18 PM | 3:26 PM – 4:18 PM | 52 min | 8h 29m |
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.
