Photographers plan around two windows: the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset. Here are both for Lexington — 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: Shoot with the sun behind your subject during golden hour and expose for the face — the rim light does the rest.
In Lexington, sunset ranges from 5:18 PM in November to 9:04 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 40 minutes at the summer solstice and 41 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Lexington (America/New_York).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:52 AM | 5:42 PM | 5:02 PM – 5:42 PM | 40 min | 9h 50m |
| February | 7:27 AM | 6:16 PM | 5:40 PM – 6:16 PM | 36 min | 10h 49m |
| March | 7:48 AM | 7:45 PM | 7:10 PM – 7:45 PM | 35 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 7:02 AM | 8:14 PM | 7:38 PM – 8:14 PM | 36 min | 13h 12m |
| May | 6:27 AM | 8:41 PM | 8:04 PM – 8:41 PM | 37 min | 14h 14m |
| June | 6:14 AM | 9:02 PM | 8:22 PM – 9:02 PM | 40 min | 14h 47m |
| July | 6:27 AM | 9:00 PM | 8:21 PM – 9:00 PM | 39 min | 14h 32m |
| August | 6:53 AM | 8:30 PM | 7:54 PM – 8:30 PM | 36 min | 13h 38m |
| September | 7:19 AM | 7:45 PM | 7:11 PM – 7:45 PM | 34 min | 12h 26m |
| October | 7:46 AM | 7:00 PM | 6:24 PM – 7:00 PM | 36 min | 11h 14m |
| November | 7:18 AM | 5:26 PM | 4:47 PM – 5:26 PM | 39 min | 10h 07m |
| December | 7:46 AM | 5:19 PM | 4:38 PM – 5:19 PM | 41 min | 9h 33m |
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.
