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Sunset shots on Sun, May 16 at Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Sun, May 16

Sunset, west-northwest at 296°

8:40 pm

Be in place by 8:02 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 9:12 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up on Sun, May 16: the sun sets at 296°. These are next.

  1. Mon, Aug 16 · 8:25 pmWest Main StreetRiver South · 0.2 mi straight
  2. Thu, Sep 16 · 7:37 pmEast Livingston AvenueMarket Mohawk District · 0.7 mi straight
  3. Fri, Sep 17 · 7:36 pmWest Spring Street and East Naghten StreetArena District · 2 streets at once · up to 0.6 mi
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Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors

Shot list on Sun, May 16

  1. 9:00–9:12 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 8:35 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 8:02 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Sun, May 168:40 pm
  • Mon8:41 pm
  • Tue8:42 pm
  • Wed8:43 pm
  • Thu8:44 pm
  • Fri8:45 pm
  • Sat8:46 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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