Golden Hour Calculator
Sunrise, sunset, and the golden and blue hour windows for any date in Omaha or Lincoln, Nebraska — or anywhere else, if you have coordinates.
Why the hour before sunset matters
The hour before sunset is the reason half the photographs you like look the way they do: the sun is low enough that it wraps around a face instead of carving it up, and warm enough that skin reads as skin.
The times come from the NOAA solar position equations, computed on your own device. The month grid below lets you find the week where the light lands at a civilized hour.
No signup, no location tracking, nothing uploaded. The math runs in your browser and the share link is just a URL with a date in it.
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Omaha, NEMorning
- Blue hour
- 5:49 a.m. – 6:01 a.m.
- Golden hour
- 6:01 a.m. – 6:59 a.m.58 min
- Sunrise
- 6:20 a.m.
Evening
- Golden hour
- 8:00 p.m. – 8:57 p.m.58 min
- Sunset
- 8:39 p.m.
- Blue hour
- 8:57 p.m. – 9:10 p.m.
What counts as golden hour
Golden hour here means the sun between 6° above the horizon and 4° below it; blue hour runs from there down to 6° below.
They are windows, not literal hours — near midsummer in Nebraska the evening window runs well over an hour, and in October it is closer to fifty minutes. Times account for daylight saving automatically.
August 2026
Pick a day to load it above| Day | Sunrise | Golden am ends | Golden pm starts | Sunset | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:19 a.m. | 6:58 a.m. | 8:01 p.m. | 8:40 p.m. | 14 hr 21 min | |
| 6:20 a.m. | 6:59 a.m. | 8:00 p.m. | 8:39 p.m. | 14 hr 19 min | |
| 6:21 a.m. | 7:00 a.m. | 7:59 p.m. | 8:38 p.m. | 14 hr 17 min | |
| 6:22 a.m. | 7:01 a.m. | 7:58 p.m. | 8:36 p.m. | 14 hr 15 min | |
| 6:23 a.m. | 7:01 a.m. | 7:56 p.m. | 8:35 p.m. | 14 hr 13 min | |
| 6:24 a.m. | 7:02 a.m. | 7:55 p.m. | 8:34 p.m. | 14 hr 10 min | |
| 6:25 a.m. | 7:03 a.m. | 7:54 p.m. | 8:33 p.m. | 14 hr 8 min | |
| 6:26 a.m. | 7:04 a.m. | 7:53 p.m. | 8:31 p.m. | 14 hr 6 min | |
| 6:27 a.m. | 7:05 a.m. | 7:52 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 14 hr 3 min | |
| 6:28 a.m. | 7:06 a.m. | 7:51 p.m. | 8:29 p.m. | 14 hr 1 min | |
| 6:29 a.m. | 7:07 a.m. | 7:49 p.m. | 8:28 p.m. | 13 hr 59 min | |
| 6:30 a.m. | 7:08 a.m. | 7:48 p.m. | 8:26 p.m. | 13 hr 56 min | |
| 6:31 a.m. | 7:09 a.m. | 7:47 p.m. | 8:25 p.m. | 13 hr 54 min | |
| 6:32 a.m. | 7:10 a.m. | 7:45 p.m. | 8:23 p.m. | 13 hr 52 min | |
| 6:33 a.m. | 7:11 a.m. | 7:44 p.m. | 8:22 p.m. | 13 hr 49 min | |
| 6:34 a.m. | 7:12 a.m. | 7:43 p.m. | 8:21 p.m. | 13 hr 47 min | |
| 6:35 a.m. | 7:12 a.m. | 7:41 p.m. | 8:19 p.m. | 13 hr 44 min | |
| 6:36 a.m. | 7:13 a.m. | 7:40 p.m. | 8:18 p.m. | 13 hr 42 min | |
| 6:37 a.m. | 7:14 a.m. | 7:39 p.m. | 8:16 p.m. | 13 hr 39 min | |
| 6:38 a.m. | 7:15 a.m. | 7:37 p.m. | 8:15 p.m. | 13 hr 37 min | |
| 6:39 a.m. | 7:16 a.m. | 7:36 p.m. | 8:13 p.m. | 13 hr 34 min | |
| 6:40 a.m. | 7:17 a.m. | 7:34 p.m. | 8:12 p.m. | 13 hr 32 min | |
| 6:41 a.m. | 7:18 a.m. | 7:33 p.m. | 8:10 p.m. | 13 hr 29 min | |
| 6:42 a.m. | 7:19 a.m. | 7:31 p.m. | 8:09 p.m. | 13 hr 27 min | |
| 6:43 a.m. | 7:20 a.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 8:07 p.m. | 13 hr 24 min | |
| 6:44 a.m. | 7:21 a.m. | 7:28 p.m. | 8:05 p.m. | 13 hr 22 min | |
| 6:45 a.m. | 7:22 a.m. | 7:27 p.m. | 8:04 p.m. | 13 hr 19 min | |
| 6:46 a.m. | 7:23 a.m. | 7:25 p.m. | 8:02 p.m. | 13 hr 17 min | |
| 6:47 a.m. | 7:24 a.m. | 7:24 p.m. | 8:01 p.m. | 13 hr 14 min | |
| 6:48 a.m. | 7:25 a.m. | 7:22 p.m. | 7:59 p.m. | 13 hr 11 min | |
| 6:49 a.m. | 7:26 a.m. | 7:21 p.m. | 7:57 p.m. | 13 hr 9 min |