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Sunset shots on Thu, May 20 at 39.46° N, 82.63° W, 40 mi from Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Thu, May 20

Sunset, west-northwest at 297°

8:40 pm

Be in place by 8:03 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 9:13 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up on Thu, May 20: the sun sets at 297°.

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 Thu, May 20

  1. 9:01–9:13 pm · 16–24 mmBlue hour to the east-southeastTurn 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 8:35 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-northwest for the sun itself.
  • Turn round: whatever faces west-northwest glows in the last light.
  • Shadows point east-southeast, 10 times as long as things are tall when golden hour starts at 8:03 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Thu, May 208:40 pm
  • Fri8:41 pm
  • Sat8:42 pm
  • Sun8:43 pm
  • Mon8:43 pm
  • Tue8:44 pm
  • Wed8:45 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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