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Sunset shots on Wed, Sep 8 at 39.46° N, 82.63° W, 40 mi from Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Wed, Sep 8

Sunset, west at 278°

7:49 pm

Be in place by 7:15 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 8:18 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up on Wed, Sep 8: the sun sets at 278°.

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, Sep 8

  1. 8:07–8:18 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 7:44 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 7:15 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Wed, Sep 87:49 pm
  • Thu7:47 pm
  • Fri7:46 pm
  • Sat7:45 pm
  • Sun7:43 pm
  • Mon7:41 pm
  • Tue7:38 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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