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Golden Hour in San Angelo, TX

Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for San Angelo, TX. 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 San Angelo, sunset ranges from 5:38 PM in November to 8:50 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for San Angelo's coordinates (31.4638, -100.437) and shown in America/Chicago.

Sunrise, sunset and golden hour in San Angelo by month

MonthSunriseSunsetGolden hour (evening)LengthDaylight
January7:41 AM6:01 PM5:25 PM – 6:01 PM36 min10h 20m
February7:23 AM6:28 PM5:55 PM – 6:28 PM33 min11h 06m
March7:51 AM7:49 PM7:17 PM – 7:49 PM32 min11h 58m
April7:13 AM8:10 PM7:38 PM – 8:10 PM32 min12h 57m
May6:45 AM8:31 PM7:56 PM – 8:31 PM35 min13h 46m
June6:36 AM8:48 PM8:12 PM – 8:48 PM36 min14h 11m
July6:47 AM8:47 PM8:12 PM – 8:47 PM35 min14h 00m
August7:07 AM8:24 PM7:51 PM – 8:24 PM33 min13h 18m
September7:25 AM7:47 PM7:15 PM – 7:47 PM32 min12h 21m
October7:44 AM7:09 PM6:36 PM – 7:09 PM33 min11h 25m
November7:09 AM5:42 PM5:07 PM – 5:42 PM35 min10h 33m
December7:33 AM5:40 PM5:03 PM – 5:40 PM37 min10h 07m

How the light changes through the year in San Angelo

Golden hour is not the same length all year in San Angelo. It is longest in December at about 37 minutes and shortest in March at about 32 minutes — a difference of 5 minutes of usable warm light per evening.

San Angelo gets 4h 04m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 5:40 PM in December to 8:48 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 6:07 PM.

The year at a glance

  • Earliest sunset: 5:38 PM on November 26
  • Latest sunset: 8:50 PM on June 23
  • Longest day: 14h 12m on June 21
  • Shortest day: 10h 06m on December 21
  • Golden hour length: about 36 minutes in June, 37 minutes in December
  • Time zone: America/Chicago

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.

Photography services

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