Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Knoxville, TN. Select a date to view the calculated light times.
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.
Terrain, buildings and weather can affect visible light. Check the horizon and conditions at the selected location.
Golden hour in Knoxville is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 5:21 PM in November to 8:56 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Knoxville's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Knoxville starts about 38 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 8:16 PM – 8:54 PM; in December it is 4:43 PM – 5:22 PM.
Sunset in Knoxville is earliest at 5:21 PM on November 29 and latest at 8:56 PM on June 23, a swing of about 4 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 38 minutes in midsummer and 39 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in January at about 39 minutes; the shortest is in September at about 33 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:45 AM | 5:45 PM | 5:06 PM – 5:45 PM | 39 min | 10h 00m |
| February | 7:22 AM | 6:17 PM | 5:41 PM – 6:17 PM | 36 min | 10h 55m |
| March | 7:46 AM | 7:43 PM | 7:09 PM – 7:43 PM | 34 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 7:02 AM | 8:09 PM | 7:35 PM – 8:09 PM | 34 min | 13h 07m |
| May | 6:29 AM | 8:34 PM | 7:58 PM – 8:34 PM | 36 min | 14h 05m |
| June | 6:18 AM | 8:54 PM | 8:16 PM – 8:54 PM | 38 min | 14h 35m |
| July | 6:30 AM | 8:52 PM | 8:15 PM – 8:52 PM | 37 min | 14h 22m |
| August | 6:54 AM | 8:25 PM | 7:50 PM – 8:25 PM | 35 min | 13h 31m |
| September | 7:18 AM | 7:42 PM | 7:09 PM – 7:42 PM | 33 min | 12h 24m |
| October | 7:42 AM | 6:59 PM | 6:25 PM – 6:59 PM | 34 min | 11h 17m |
| November | 7:12 AM | 5:28 PM | 4:50 PM – 5:28 PM | 38 min | 10h 16m |
| December | 7:38 AM | 5:22 PM | 4:43 PM – 5:22 PM | 39 min | 9h 44m |
Golden hour is the period near sunrise and sunset when the sun is low. Blue hour occurs before sunrise and after sunset. Calculated times vary with location and date; weather, terrain and buildings can affect visible light.
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