Whether you're shooting portraits, real estate or just chasing a good sky, this is when the light works in Newport News. Every time below is computed live for Newport News's coordinates and updates for any date. 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: Reflections double golden hour: water, glass buildings and wet pavement all pick up the sky's color in the hour around sunset.
In Newport News, sunset ranges from 4:48 PM in December to 8:29 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 39 minutes at the summer solstice and 41 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Newport News (America/New_York).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:17 AM | 5:12 PM | 4:33 PM – 5:12 PM | 39 min | 9h 55m |
| February | 6:54 AM | 5:45 PM | 5:09 PM – 5:45 PM | 36 min | 10h 52m |
| March | 7:16 AM | 7:13 PM | 6:38 PM – 7:13 PM | 35 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:31 AM | 7:40 PM | 7:05 PM – 7:40 PM | 35 min | 13h 09m |
| May | 5:57 AM | 8:06 PM | 7:30 PM – 8:06 PM | 36 min | 14h 09m |
| June | 5:45 AM | 8:27 PM | 7:48 PM – 8:27 PM | 39 min | 14h 41m |
| July | 5:58 AM | 8:25 PM | 7:47 PM – 8:25 PM | 38 min | 14h 27m |
| August | 6:22 AM | 7:57 PM | 7:21 PM – 7:57 PM | 36 min | 13h 34m |
| September | 6:47 AM | 7:13 PM | 6:38 PM – 7:13 PM | 35 min | 12h 25m |
| October | 7:13 AM | 6:28 PM | 5:53 PM – 6:28 PM | 35 min | 11h 15m |
| November | 6:44 AM | 4:56 PM | 4:17 PM – 4:56 PM | 39 min | 10h 12m |
| December | 7:11 AM | 4:50 PM | 4:09 PM – 4:50 PM | 41 min | 9h 38m |
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.
