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Sunset shots on Wed, Jan 27 at 39.46° N, 82.63° W, 40 mi from Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Wed, Jan 27

Sunset, west-southwest at 245°

5:31 pm

Be in place by 5:05 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 6:13 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up on Wed, Jan 27: the sun sets at 245°.

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

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Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors

Shot list on Wed, Jan 27

  1. 6:02–6:13 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 5:26 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 5:05 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Wed, Jan 275:31 pm
  • Thu5:31 pm
  • Fri5:32 pm
  • Sat5:33 pm
  • Sun5:34 pm
  • Mon5:36 pm
  • Tue5:37 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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