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Golden hour and blue hour windows for Chicago, United States: returns the mornin...

https://cities-factory-live.wuryan529.workers.dev/cities/chicago/golden-hour

Overview

Golden hour and blue hour windows for Chicago, United States: returns the morning and evening golden-hour and blue-hour start and end times for Chicago (41.85°N, 87.65°W) on a requested date (default: today in Chicago), for photography and scenic planning. Use it to plan a photo shoot or a golden-hour walk in Chicago. Computed locally from astronomical algorithms; no external data.

Protocol x402
Price $0.0050
Payment Asset USD Coin
Payment Network eip155:8453
Category media/images
Provider cities-factory-live
Source bazaar
Indexed 2026-11-13 12:08:17

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Consecutive Failures 0

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Input Schema

{ "method": "GET", "queryParams": { "date": "2026-11-10" }, "type": "http" }

Output Schema

{ "example": { "city": { "country": "United States", "countryCode": "US", "dataSource": { "license": "CC BY 4.0", "name": "GeoNames geographical database (cities15000)", "url": "https://www.geonames.org", "via": "GeoNames" }, "name": "Chicago", "population": 2664452, "slug": "chicago", "timezone": "America/Chicago" }, "date": "2026-11-10", "disclaimer": "Golden hour is the period while the sun is between the horizon and 6 degrees above it; blue hour is civil twilight, between the sun at -6 degrees and the horizon. Computed times are astronomical predictions for the given coordinates; local horizon and weather can shift what is actually visible.", "eveningBlueHour": { "end": "2026-11-10T23:06:03.277Z", "start": "2026-11-10T22:36:29.923Z" }, "eveningGoldenHour": { "end": "2026-11-10T22:36:29.923Z", "start": "2026-11-10T21:55:39.378Z" }, "latitude": 41.85003, "longitude": -87.65005, "morningBlueHour": { "end": "2026-11-10T12:35:15.231Z", "start": "2026-11-10T12:05:41.877Z" }, "morningGoldenHour": { "end": "2026-11-10T13:16:05.775Z", "start": "2026-11-10T12:35:15.231Z" }, "source": { "name": "Computed locally from astronomical algorithms (SunCalc method)", "url": null, "via": "No external data source" } }, "type": "json" }