The soft, warm light photographers chase — morning and evening — plus sunset, the exact time it gets dark, and how much daylight is left. Computed for San Francisco, CA's coordinates from NOAA solar equations.
Times in San Francisco, CA's local zone as reported by your device. Evening golden hour runs from the sun at 6° down to 4° below the horizon; "dark at" is when civil twilight ends.
Golden hour in San Francisco, CA is the window when the sun sits low: from about 6 degrees above the horizon until just after sunrise, and again from shortly before sunset until the sun is 4 degrees below the horizon. Today's exact times are computed above from NOAA solar equations.
It gets fully dark when civil twilight ends — the sun 6 degrees below the horizon — roughly 25 to 35 minutes after sunset in San Francisco, CA. The exact time is shown above.
The countdown above shows the time remaining until sunset, and today's total daylight length is listed in the sun-times panel.
Sunset is the moment the sun disappears below the horizon. Golden hour is the longer window around it — roughly the hour before sunset and after sunrise — when the sun is low and the light is soft, warm and flattering for photos.
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