Golden hour
Golden hour and sunset at Lilac Garden
Ringwood, NEW-JERSEY
Your date
- Sunset
- 8:34 PM
- Golden hour
- 7:53 PM
- Golden ends
- 8:47 PM
- Blue hour ends
- 9:08 PM
Golden hour by month
| Month | Sunrise | Golden hour start | Sunset | Blue hour ends | Golden minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:20 AM | 4:13 PM | 4:54 PM | 5:25 PM | 61 min |
| February | 6:52 AM | 4:55 PM | 5:32 PM | 6:01 PM | 55 min |
| March | 7:09 AM | 6:29 PM | 7:04 PM | 7:32 PM | 53 min |
| April | 6:18 AM | 7:01 PM | 7:37 PM | 8:07 PM | 54 min |
| May | 5:40 AM | 7:30 PM | 8:09 PM | 8:41 PM | 58 min |
| June | 5:25 AM | 7:51 PM | 8:31 PM | 9:06 PM | 62 min |
| July | 5:39 AM | 7:48 PM | 8:28 PM | 9:01 PM | 60 min |
| August | 6:08 AM | 7:19 PM | 7:55 PM | 8:25 PM | 55 min |
| September | 6:39 AM | 6:31 PM | 7:06 PM | 7:34 PM | 53 min |
| October | 7:10 AM | 5:40 PM | 6:16 PM | 6:44 PM | 54 min |
| November | 6:46 AM | 3:58 PM | 4:38 PM | 5:08 PM | 59 min |
| December | 7:16 AM | 3:47 PM | 4:30 PM | 5:02 PM | 63 min |
Why the light comes early here
Terrain shapes the light at Lilac Garden. Tree lines, hills, and ridges block the sun before it reaches the flat horizon, so the usable golden window closes earlier than the published sunset suggests. The times on this page pull golden hour earlier by 8 minutes to match what you will actually see through the lens, so plan couple portraits inside that adjusted window.
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