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Sunset shots tonight at Columbus, United States

Sunset · tonight

Sunset, west-southwest at 251° · in 13 h 32 min

5:26 pm

Be in place by 4:49 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 5:55 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up tonight: the sun sets at 251°. These are next.

  1. Fri, Feb 19 · 6:11 pmEast Spring StreetDiscovery District · 0.3 mi straight
  2. Sat, Feb 27 · 6:20 pmWest Mound StreetRiver South · 0.2 mi straight
  3. Mon, Mar 1 · 6:22 pmWest Broad StreetScioto Peninsula · 1.9 mi straight
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Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors

Tonight’s shot list

  1. 5:45–5:55 pm · 16–24 mmBlue hour to the east-northeastTurn 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 5:21 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
  • Shoot west-southwest for the sun itself.
  • Turn round: whatever faces west-southwest glows in the last light.
  • Shadows point east-northeast, 10 times as long as things are tall when golden hour starts at 4:49 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Tonight5:26 pm
  • Wed5:25 pm
  • Thu5:24 pm
  • Fri5:23 pm
  • Sat5:22 pm
  • Sun5:21 pm
  • Mon5:20 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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