Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Little Rock, AR. 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 Little Rock is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 4:57 PM in December to 8:26 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Little Rock's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Little Rock starts about 38 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 7:46 PM – 8:24 PM; in December it is 4:20 PM – 4:59 PM.
Sunset in Little Rock is earliest at 4:57 PM on December 2 and latest at 8:26 PM on June 23, a swing of about 3 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 38 minutes in midsummer and 39 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 39 minutes; the shortest is in March at about 33 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:16 AM | 5:21 PM | 4:43 PM – 5:21 PM | 38 min | 10h 05m |
| February | 6:54 AM | 5:52 PM | 5:17 PM – 5:52 PM | 35 min | 10h 58m |
| March | 7:19 AM | 7:16 PM | 6:43 PM – 7:16 PM | 33 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:37 AM | 7:41 PM | 7:07 PM – 7:41 PM | 34 min | 13h 04m |
| May | 6:06 AM | 8:05 PM | 7:29 PM – 8:05 PM | 36 min | 13h 59m |
| June | 5:55 AM | 8:24 PM | 7:46 PM – 8:24 PM | 38 min | 14h 29m |
| July | 6:07 AM | 8:22 PM | 7:46 PM – 8:22 PM | 36 min | 14h 16m |
| August | 6:29 AM | 7:56 PM | 7:22 PM – 7:56 PM | 34 min | 13h 27m |
| September | 6:52 AM | 7:15 PM | 6:42 PM – 7:15 PM | 33 min | 12h 24m |
| October | 7:14 AM | 6:34 PM | 6:00 PM – 6:34 PM | 34 min | 11h 19m |
| November | 6:43 AM | 5:04 PM | 4:27 PM – 5:04 PM | 37 min | 10h 21m |
| December | 7:09 AM | 4:59 PM | 4:20 PM – 4:59 PM | 39 min | 9h 50m |
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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