Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Tacoma, WA. 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 Tacoma, sunset ranges from 4:19 PM in December to 9:10 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Tacoma's coordinates (47.2529, -122.4443) and shown in America/Los_Angeles.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:51 AM | 4:47 PM | 3:57 PM – 4:47 PM | 50 min | 8h 55m |
| February | 7:14 AM | 5:34 PM | 4:50 PM – 5:34 PM | 44 min | 10h 20m |
| March | 7:22 AM | 7:15 PM | 6:35 PM – 7:15 PM | 40 min | 11h 53m |
| April | 6:21 AM | 7:59 PM | 7:17 PM – 7:59 PM | 42 min | 13h 38m |
| May | 5:33 AM | 8:39 PM | 7:54 PM – 8:39 PM | 45 min | 15h 06m |
| June | 5:13 AM | 9:07 PM | 8:20 PM – 9:07 PM | 47 min | 15h 55m |
| July | 5:29 AM | 9:01 PM | 8:15 PM – 9:01 PM | 46 min | 15h 33m |
| August | 6:06 AM | 8:20 PM | 7:38 PM – 8:20 PM | 42 min | 14h 14m |
| September | 6:47 AM | 7:21 PM | 6:41 PM – 7:21 PM | 40 min | 12h 34m |
| October | 7:28 AM | 6:21 PM | 5:39 PM – 6:21 PM | 42 min | 10h 53m |
| November | 7:14 AM | 4:34 PM | 3:46 PM – 4:34 PM | 48 min | 9h 20m |
| December | 7:50 AM | 4:20 PM | 3:27 PM – 4:20 PM | 53 min | 8h 30m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Tacoma. It is longest in December at about 53 minutes and shortest in March at about 40 minutes — a difference of 13 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Tacoma gets 7h 25m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:20 PM in December to 9:07 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 9:48 PM, and in December until about 4:55 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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