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Sunset shots on Fri, Mar 5 at 39.46° N, 82.63° W, 40 mi from Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Fri, Mar 5

Sunset, west at 261°

6:16 pm

Be in place by 5:51 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 6:54 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up on Fri, Mar 5: the sun sets at 261°.

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 Fri, Mar 5

  1. 6:44–6:54 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 6:11 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 5:51 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Fri, Mar 56:16 pm
  • Sat6:18 pm
  • Sun6:19 pm
  • Mon6:21 pm
  • Tue6:22 pm
  • Wed6:24 pm
  • Thu6:25 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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