The difference between a flat photo and a glowing one in New Haven is usually forty-five minutes. The calculator below shows exactly which forty-five minutes — today's sunset, sunrise, golden and blue hour, live. On this side of the country, sunrise is the underrated window — the sun comes up over the Atlantic side and morning golden hour is quieter than the evening one.
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: For skylines and wide shots, the 15 minutes after sunset usually beats the sunset itself: the sky holds color while buildings and streetlights come up.
In New Haven, sunset ranges from 4:22 PM in December to 8:29 PM in June. All times local to New Haven (America/New_York).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:15 AM | 4:47 PM | 4:04 PM – 4:47 PM | 43 min | 9h 32m |
| February | 6:46 AM | 5:25 PM | 4:47 PM – 5:25 PM | 38 min | 10h 39m |
| March | 7:03 AM | 6:58 PM | 6:21 PM – 6:58 PM | 37 min | 11h 55m |
| April | 6:12 AM | 7:32 PM | 6:54 PM – 7:32 PM | 38 min | 13h 20m |
| May | 5:33 AM | 8:03 PM | 7:24 PM – 8:03 PM | 39 min | 14h 31m |
| June | 5:17 AM | 8:26 PM | 7:44 PM – 8:26 PM | 42 min | 15h 09m |
| July | 5:31 AM | 8:23 PM | 7:42 PM – 8:23 PM | 41 min | 14h 52m |
| August | 6:01 AM | 7:50 PM | 7:12 PM – 7:50 PM | 38 min | 13h 50m |
| September | 6:32 AM | 7:00 PM | 6:24 PM – 7:00 PM | 36 min | 12h 29m |
| October | 7:03 AM | 6:10 PM | 5:33 PM – 6:10 PM | 37 min | 11h 07m |
| November | 6:40 AM | 4:32 PM | 3:51 PM – 4:32 PM | 41 min | 9h 52m |
| December | 7:10 AM | 4:23 PM | 3:39 PM – 4:23 PM | 44 min | 9h 13m |
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.
