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Golden Hour in Lynn, MA

Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Lynn, MA. 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.

Photography planning

Terrain, buildings and weather can affect visible light. Check the horizon and conditions at the selected location.

In Lynn, sunset ranges from 4:10 PM in December to 8:25 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Lynn's coordinates (42.4668, -70.9495) and shown in America/New_York.

Sunrise, sunset and golden hour in Lynn by month

MonthSunriseSunsetGolden hour (evening)LengthDaylight
January7:10 AM4:36 PM3:52 PM – 4:36 PM44 min9h 26m
February6:40 AM5:16 PM4:36 PM – 5:16 PM40 min10h 36m
March6:55 AM6:50 PM6:13 PM – 6:50 PM37 min11h 55m
April6:02 AM7:25 PM6:47 PM – 7:25 PM38 min13h 23m
May5:22 AM7:58 PM7:18 PM – 7:58 PM40 min14h 37m
June5:05 AM8:22 PM7:40 PM – 8:22 PM42 min15h 17m
July5:20 AM8:19 PM7:37 PM – 8:19 PM42 min14h 59m
August5:50 AM7:44 PM7:06 PM – 7:44 PM38 min13h 54m
September6:23 AM6:53 PM6:16 PM – 6:53 PM37 min12h 30m
October6:56 AM6:01 PM5:23 PM – 6:01 PM38 min11h 05m
November6:34 AM4:21 PM3:39 PM – 4:21 PM42 min9h 47m
December7:06 AM4:11 PM3:26 PM – 4:11 PM45 min9h 05m

How the light changes through the year in Lynn

Golden hour is not the same length all year in Lynn. It is longest in December at about 45 minutes and shortest in March at about 37 minutes — a difference of 8 minutes of usable warm light per evening.

Lynn gets 6h 12m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:11 PM in December to 8:22 PM in June, so an evening shoot that works in summer will be shooting in the dark at the same clock time in winter.

Blue hour follows sunset and is worth planning for separately: in June it runs until about 8:57 PM, and in December until about 4:43 PM.

The year at a glance

  • Earliest sunset: 4:10 PM on December 5
  • Latest sunset: 8:25 PM on June 24
  • Longest day: 15h 18m on June 21
  • Shortest day: 9h 04m on December 21
  • Golden hour length: about 42 minutes in June, 45 minutes in December
  • Time zone: America/New_York

What is golden hour?

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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