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Sunset shots tonight at 39.46° N, 82.63° W, 40 mi from Columbus, United States

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Sunset · tonight

Sunset, west-southwest at 248° · in 11 h 20 min

5:11 pm

Be in place by 4:48 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 5:55 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up tonight: the sun sets at 248°.

None of the streets near you lines up with the sunset in the coming year.

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Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors

Tonight’s shot list

  1. 5:44–5:55 pm · 16–24 mmBlue hour to the east-northeastTurn round when the sun has gone: that side of the sky goes deep blue first, with the Earth’s shadow rising.

Lens view: the sun at 5:06 pm

To scale, on a full-frame sensor. On APS-C, multiply the focal length by 1.5.

Sun
Field of view
10.3° × 6.9°
Sun across the frame
5% of the width

Where the light falls

NESW
  • Face west-southwest for the sun itself.
  • Turn round: whatever faces west-southwest glows in the last light.
  • Shadows point east-northeast, 10 times as long as things are tall when golden hour starts at 4:48 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Tonight5:11 pm
  • Wed5:10 pm
  • Thu5:09 pm
  • Fri5:07 pm
  • Sat5:07 pm
  • Sun5:06 pm
  • Mon5:05 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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