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Sunset shots on Tue, Apr 20 at Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Tue, Apr 20

Sunset, west-northwest at 286°

8:14 pm

Be in place by 7:39 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 8:44 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up on Tue, Apr 20: the sun sets at 286°. These are next.

  1. Sun, Apr 25 · 8:19 pmWest Main StreetRiver South · 0.2 mi straight
  2. Mon, Aug 16 · 8:25 pmWest Main StreetRiver South · 0.2 mi straight
  3. Thu, Sep 16 · 7:37 pmEast Livingston AvenueMarket Mohawk District · 0.7 mi straight
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Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors

Shot list on Tue, Apr 20

  1. 8:33–8:44 pm · 16–24 mmBlue hour to the east-southeastTurn 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 8:09 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-northwest for the sun itself.
  • Turn round: whatever faces west-northwest glows in the last light.
  • Shadows point east-southeast, 10 times as long as things are tall when golden hour starts at 7:39 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Tue, Apr 208:14 pm
  • Wed8:15 pm
  • Thu8:16 pm
  • Fri8:17 pm
  • Sat8:19 pm
  • Sun8:20 pm
  • Mon8:21 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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