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

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Sunset · on Thu, Aug 5

Sunset, west-northwest at 292°

8:37 pm

Be in place by 8:01 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 9:08 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up on Thu, Aug 5: the sun sets at 292°.

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, Aug 5

  1. 8:57–9:08 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 8:32 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 8:01 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Thu, Aug 58:37 pm
  • Fri8:36 pm
  • Sat8:35 pm
  • Sun8:33 pm
  • Mon8:32 pm
  • Tue8:31 pm
  • Wed8:30 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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