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Sunset shots on Thu, Mar 4 at Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Thu, Mar 4

Sunset, west at 262°

6:26 pm

Be in place by 5:51 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 6:54 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

Sunset on Thu, Mar 4: the sun sets straight down these streets, at 262°.

  1. Tonight · 6:25 pmEast Spring Street and West Town StreetWarehouse District · 2 streets at once · up to 0.2 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 Thu, Mar 4

  1. 6:44–6:54 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 6:21 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
  • 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 5:51 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Thu, Mar 46:26 pm
  • Fri6:27 pm
  • Sat6:28 pm
  • Sun6:29 pm
  • Mon6:30 pm
  • Tue6:31 pm
  • Wed6:33 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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