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Sunset shots on Sat, Jan 30 at Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Sat, Jan 30

Sunset, west-southwest at 248°

5:48 pm

Be in place by 5:09 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 6:17 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up on Sat, Jan 30: the sun sets at 248°. 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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Shot list on Sat, Jan 30

  1. 6:06–6:17 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 5:43 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-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 5:09 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Sat, Jan 305:48 pm
  • Sun5:49 pm
  • Mon5:50 pm
  • Tue5:51 pm
  • Wed5:52 pm
  • Thu5:54 pm
  • Fri5:55 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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