Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Moab, UT. 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 Moab, sunset ranges from 4:56 PM in December to 8:46 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Moab's coordinates (38.5733, -109.5498) and shown in America/Denver.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:34 AM | 5:21 PM | 4:41 PM – 5:21 PM | 40 min | 9h 47m |
| February | 7:08 AM | 5:56 PM | 5:19 PM – 5:56 PM | 37 min | 10h 48m |
| March | 7:29 AM | 7:25 PM | 6:50 PM – 7:25 PM | 35 min | 11h 56m |
| April | 6:41 AM | 7:55 PM | 7:19 PM – 7:55 PM | 36 min | 13h 13m |
| May | 6:06 AM | 8:23 PM | 7:45 PM – 8:23 PM | 38 min | 14h 17m |
| June | 5:53 AM | 8:44 PM | 8:04 PM – 8:44 PM | 40 min | 14h 51m |
| July | 6:06 AM | 8:41 PM | 8:03 PM – 8:41 PM | 38 min | 14h 36m |
| August | 6:32 AM | 8:12 PM | 7:35 PM – 8:12 PM | 37 min | 13h 40m |
| September | 6:59 AM | 7:26 PM | 6:51 PM – 7:26 PM | 35 min | 12h 26m |
| October | 7:27 AM | 6:39 PM | 6:03 PM – 6:39 PM | 36 min | 11h 12m |
| November | 7:00 AM | 5:04 PM | 4:25 PM – 5:04 PM | 39 min | 10h 05m |
| December | 7:28 AM | 4:58 PM | 4:16 PM – 4:58 PM | 42 min | 9h 29m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Moab. 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.
Moab gets 5h 22m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:58 PM in December to 8:44 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 9:16 PM, and in December until about 5:27 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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