Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Meads, KY. 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.
In Meads, sunset ranges from 5:09 PM in December to 8:58 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Meads's coordinates (38.4126, -82.7091) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:46 AM | 5:34 PM | 4:54 PM – 5:34 PM | 40 min | 9h 48m |
| February | 7:21 AM | 6:09 PM | 5:32 PM – 6:09 PM | 37 min | 10h 48m |
| March | 7:41 AM | 7:38 PM | 7:03 PM – 7:38 PM | 35 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 6:54 AM | 8:07 PM | 7:31 PM – 8:07 PM | 36 min | 13h 13m |
| May | 6:19 AM | 8:35 PM | 7:57 PM – 8:35 PM | 38 min | 14h 16m |
| June | 6:06 AM | 8:56 PM | 8:16 PM – 8:56 PM | 40 min | 14h 50m |
| July | 6:19 AM | 8:54 PM | 8:15 PM – 8:54 PM | 39 min | 14h 35m |
| August | 6:45 AM | 8:24 PM | 7:48 PM – 8:24 PM | 36 min | 13h 39m |
| September | 7:12 AM | 7:38 PM | 7:03 PM – 7:38 PM | 35 min | 12h 26m |
| October | 7:39 AM | 6:52 PM | 6:16 PM – 6:52 PM | 36 min | 11h 13m |
| November | 7:12 AM | 5:18 PM | 4:39 PM – 5:18 PM | 39 min | 10h 05m |
| December | 7:40 AM | 5:11 PM | 4:29 PM – 5:11 PM | 42 min | 9h 30m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Meads. It is longest in December at about 42 minutes and shortest in March at about 35 minutes — a difference of 7 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Meads gets 5h 20m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:11 PM in December to 8:56 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 9:28 PM, and in December until about 5:40 PM.
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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