Solar almanac · 2026-08-15 · Greenland

Golden hour in Nuuk in August

64.1836° N
51.7214° W
America/Nuuk

Daily solar times for August 2026 in local time (America/Nuuk).

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Golden hour & blue hour

WindowStartsEnds
Blue hour (morning)—05:12
Golden hour (morning)06:1707:29
Golden hour (evening)21:3122:42
Blue hour (evening)23:47—

Light profile · calculated

Golden hour in Nuuk through the year

Midsummer
118 min
Equinox
63 min
Midwinter
—

Length of the evening golden-hour window.

Nuuk lies at 64.18° N, in the subpolar zone, with drawn-out twilight either side of midsummer. Its longest measured day falls on Sat 20 June 2026 with 21h 11m of daylight, and its shortest on Sun 20 December 2026 with 4h 06m — a difference of 17h 05m between the two extremes.

The sun sets toward 341° NNW in late June and toward 208° SSW in late December, a shift of about 133° in where the last light lands — worth checking before committing to a west-facing viewpoint. In Nuuk, around midsummer the sky never reaches full darkness — evening blue hour runs into morning twilight.

Reference day · 2026-08-15

−6 min/day

Sunrise
06:17

rises at 54° NE

Sunset
22:42

sets at 305° NW

Solar noon
14:31
Day length
16h 25m

Daylight envelope · August

−3h 17m
Each bar is one day. The cool line traces sunrise; the warm line traces sunset.

August averages

Avg sunrise
06:20
Avg sunset
22:38
Avg day length
16h 18m
Day length change
−3h 17m

First to last day

DateSunriseSunsetDay length
2026-08-0105:3323:3017h 57m
2026-08-0205:3623:2717h 50m
2026-08-0305:3923:2317h 44m
2026-08-0405:4323:2017h 37m
2026-08-0505:4623:1717h 31m
2026-08-0605:4923:1317h 24m
2026-08-0705:5223:1017h 18m
2026-08-0805:5523:0617h 11m
2026-08-0905:5923:0317h 04m
2026-08-1006:0222:5916h 58m
2026-08-1106:0522:5616h 51m
2026-08-1206:0822:5316h 45m
2026-08-1306:1122:4916h 38m
2026-08-1406:1422:4616h 31m
2026-08-1506:1722:4216h 25m
2026-08-1606:2122:3916h 18m
2026-08-1706:2422:3516h 11m
2026-08-1806:2722:3216h 05m
2026-08-1906:3022:2815h 58m
2026-08-2006:3322:2515h 52m
2026-08-2106:3622:2115h 45m
2026-08-2206:3922:1715h 39m
2026-08-2306:4222:1415h 32m
2026-08-2406:4522:1015h 25m
2026-08-2506:4822:0715h 19m
2026-08-2606:5122:0315h 12m
2026-08-2706:5422:0015h 06m
2026-08-2806:5721:5614h 59m
2026-08-2907:0021:5314h 53m
2026-08-3007:0321:4914h 46m
2026-08-3107:0621:4614h 40m

Annual light rhythm · Nuuk

4h 12m—21h 05m
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Longest days in June (21h 05m), shortest in December (4h 12m).

Other views for Nuuk