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Sunset shots on Fri, Mar 19 at Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Fri, Mar 19

Sunset, west at 270°

7:41 pm

Be in place by 7:07 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 8:10 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up on Fri, Mar 19: the sun sets at 270°. These are next.

  1. Wed, Mar 24 · 7:46 pmMount Vernon AvenueWarehouse District · 0.3 mi straight
  2. Thu, Mar 25 · 7:47 pmWest Spring Street and East Naghten StreetArena District · 2 streets at once · up to 0.6 mi
  3. Fri, Mar 26 · 7:48 pmEast Livingston AvenueMarket Mohawk District · 0.7 mi straight
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Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors

Shot list on Fri, Mar 19

  1. 8:00–8:10 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 7:36 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 7:07 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Fri, Mar 197:41 pm
  • Sat7:42 pm
  • Sun7:43 pm
  • Mon7:45 pm
  • Tue7:46 pm
  • Wed7:47 pm
  • Thu7:48 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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