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Sunset shots on Tue, Mar 2 at 39.46° N, 82.63° W, 40 mi from Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Tue, Mar 2

Sunset, west at 260°

6:12 pm

Be in place by 5:48 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 6:51 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up on Tue, Mar 2: the sun sets at 260°.

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 Tue, Mar 2

  1. 6:40–6:51 pm · 16–24 mmBlue hour to the eastTurn 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 6:07 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 for the sun itself.
  • Turn round: whatever faces west glows in the last light.
  • Shadows point east, 10 times as long as things are tall when golden hour starts at 5:48 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Tue, Mar 26:12 pm
  • Wed6:13 pm
  • Thu6:15 pm
  • Fri6:16 pm
  • Sat6:18 pm
  • Sun6:19 pm
  • Mon6:21 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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