Springfield's golden hour is short, specific, and worth planning around. The times below are computed live for Springfield's exact coordinates (37.2153, -93.2982) and update automatically for any date you pick — sunset, sunrise, golden hour and blue hour, all in local time.
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 Springfield, sunset ranges from 4:55 PM in December to 8:37 PM in June. Evening golden hour lasts about 39 minutes at the summer solstice and 40 minutes at the winter solstice. Times below are local to Springfield (America/Chicago).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:25 AM | 5:19 PM | 4:40 PM – 5:19 PM | 39 min | 9h 54m |
| February | 7:01 AM | 5:53 PM | 5:17 PM – 5:53 PM | 36 min | 10h 51m |
| March | 7:24 AM | 7:20 PM | 6:46 PM – 7:20 PM | 34 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:38 AM | 7:48 PM | 7:13 PM – 7:48 PM | 35 min | 13h 10m |
| May | 6:04 AM | 8:15 PM | 7:37 PM – 8:15 PM | 38 min | 14h 10m |
| June | 5:52 AM | 8:35 PM | 7:56 PM – 8:35 PM | 39 min | 14h 43m |
| July | 6:04 AM | 8:33 PM | 7:55 PM – 8:33 PM | 38 min | 14h 28m |
| August | 6:29 AM | 8:04 PM | 7:29 PM – 8:04 PM | 35 min | 13h 35m |
| September | 6:55 AM | 7:20 PM | 6:46 PM – 7:20 PM | 34 min | 12h 25m |
| October | 7:21 AM | 6:36 PM | 6:00 PM – 6:36 PM | 36 min | 11h 15m |
| November | 6:52 AM | 5:02 PM | 4:24 PM – 5:02 PM | 38 min | 10h 11m |
| December | 7:19 AM | 4:56 PM | 4:16 PM – 4:56 PM | 40 min | 9h 37m |
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.
