Solar almanac · 2026-05-15 · Canada

Golden hour in Whitehorse in May

60.7212° N
135.0568° W
America/Whitehorse

Daily solar times for May 2026 in local time (America/Whitehorse).

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Golden hour & blue hour

Window	Starts	Ends
Blue hour (morning)	—	04:09
Golden hour (morning)	05:16	06:25
Golden hour (evening)	21:28	22:38
Blue hour (evening)	23:47	—

Light profile · calculated

Golden hour in Whitehorse through the year

Midsummer: 84 min
Equinox: 56 min
Midwinter: —

Length of the evening golden-hour window.

Whitehorse lies at 60.72° N, in the subpolar zone, with drawn-out twilight either side of midsummer. Its longest measured day falls on Thu 18 June 2026 with 19h 09m of daylight, and its shortest on Sat 19 December 2026 with 5h 38m — a difference of 13h 31m between the two extremes.

The sun sets toward 327° NNW in late June and toward 218° SW in late December, a shift of about 109° in where the last light lands — worth checking before committing to a west-facing viewpoint. In Whitehorse, around midsummer the sky never reaches full darkness — evening blue hour runs into morning twilight.

Reference day · 2026-05-15

+5 min/day

Sunrise: 05:16
Sunset: 22:38
Solar noon: 13:56
Day length: 17h 22m

Daylight envelope · May

+2h 21m

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Each bar is one day. The cool line traces sunrise; the warm line traces sunset.

May averages

Avg sunrise: 05:15
Avg sunset: 22:40
Avg day length: 17h 25m
Day length change: +2h 21m

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length
2026-05-01	05:53	22:02	16h 10m
2026-05-02	05:50	22:05	16h 15m
2026-05-03	05:47	22:08	16h 20m
2026-05-04	05:45	22:10	16h 26m
2026-05-05	05:42	22:13	16h 31m
2026-05-06	05:39	22:15	16h 36m
2026-05-07	05:36	22:18	16h 42m
2026-05-08	05:34	22:21	16h 47m
2026-05-09	05:31	22:23	16h 52m
2026-05-10	05:28	22:26	16h 57m
2026-05-11	05:26	22:28	17h 02m
2026-05-12	05:23	22:31	17h 07m
2026-05-13	05:21	22:33	17h 12m
2026-05-14	05:18	22:36	17h 17m
2026-05-15	05:16	22:38	17h 22m
2026-05-16	05:13	22:41	17h 27m
2026-05-17	05:11	22:43	17h 32m
2026-05-18	05:09	22:45	17h 37m
2026-05-19	05:06	22:48	17h 41m
2026-05-20	05:04	22:50	17h 46m
2026-05-21	05:02	22:52	17h 50m
2026-05-22	05:00	22:55	17h 55m
2026-05-23	04:58	22:57	17h 59m
2026-05-24	04:56	22:59	18h 04m
2026-05-25	04:54	23:01	18h 08m
2026-05-26	04:52	23:04	18h 12m
2026-05-27	04:50	23:06	18h 16m
2026-05-28	04:48	23:08	18h 20m
2026-05-29	04:46	23:10	18h 24m
2026-05-30	04:44	23:12	18h 27m
2026-05-31	04:43	23:14	18h 31m

Annual light rhythm · Whitehorse

5h 41m—19h 07m

Longest days in June (19h 07m), shortest in December (5h 41m).