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Sunset shots on Wed, Mar 3 at Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Wed, Mar 3

Sunset, west at 262°

6:25 pm

Be in place by 5:50 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 6:53 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

Sunset on Wed, Mar 3: the sun sets straight down these streets, at 261°.

  1. Tonight · 6:23 pmEast Long Street, East Broad Street, West Rich Street and 17 moreKing-Lincoln Bronzeville · 20 streets at once · up to 1.8 mi
  2. Wed, Mar 24 · 7:46 pmMount Vernon AvenueWarehouse District · 0.3 mi straight
  3. Thu, Mar 25 · 7:47 pmWest Spring Street and East Naghten StreetArena District · 2 streets at once · up to 0.6 mi
  4. Fri, Mar 26 · 7:48 pmEast Livingston AvenueMarket Mohawk District · 0.7 mi straight
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Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors

Shot list on Wed, Mar 3

  1. 6:43–6:53 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 6:20 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 5:50 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Wed, Mar 36:25 pm
  • Thu6:26 pm
  • Fri6:27 pm
  • Sat6:28 pm
  • Sun6:29 pm
  • Mon6:30 pm
  • Tue6:31 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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