Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Tracy, CA. 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 Tracy, sunset ranges from 4:46 PM in December to 8:31 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Tracy's coordinates (37.7399, -121.4262) and shown in America/Los_Angeles.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:19 AM | 5:11 PM | 4:31 PM – 5:11 PM | 40 min | 9h 51m |
| February | 6:55 AM | 5:45 PM | 5:08 PM – 5:45 PM | 37 min | 10h 50m |
| March | 7:16 AM | 7:13 PM | 6:38 PM – 7:13 PM | 35 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:30 AM | 7:41 PM | 7:06 PM – 7:41 PM | 35 min | 13h 11m |
| May | 5:55 AM | 8:08 PM | 7:31 PM – 8:08 PM | 37 min | 14h 13m |
| June | 5:43 AM | 8:29 PM | 7:50 PM – 8:29 PM | 39 min | 14h 46m |
| July | 5:56 AM | 8:27 PM | 7:48 PM – 8:27 PM | 39 min | 14h 31m |
| August | 6:21 AM | 7:58 PM | 7:22 PM – 7:58 PM | 36 min | 13h 37m |
| September | 6:47 AM | 7:13 PM | 6:38 PM – 7:13 PM | 35 min | 12h 25m |
| October | 7:14 AM | 6:28 PM | 5:52 PM – 6:28 PM | 36 min | 11h 14m |
| November | 6:46 AM | 4:54 PM | 4:15 PM – 4:54 PM | 39 min | 10h 08m |
| December | 7:13 AM | 4:48 PM | 4:07 PM – 4:48 PM | 41 min | 9h 34m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Tracy. It is longest in December at about 41 minutes and shortest in March at about 35 minutes — a difference of 6 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Tracy gets 5h 12m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:48 PM in December to 8:29 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 9:00 PM, and in December until about 5:17 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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