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Sunset shots on Thu, Sep 2 at Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Thu, Sep 2

Sunset, west at 281°

8:01 pm

Be in place by 7:26 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 8:30 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

None near you lines up on Thu, Sep 2: the sun sets at 281°. These are next.

  1. Thu, Sep 16 · 7:37 pmEast Livingston AvenueMarket Mohawk District · 0.7 mi straight
  2. Fri, Sep 17 · 7:36 pmWest Spring Street and East Naghten StreetArena District · 2 streets at once · up to 0.6 mi
  3. Sat, Sep 18 · 7:34 pmMount Vernon AvenueWarehouse District · 0.3 mi straight
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Shot list on Thu, Sep 2

  1. 8:19–8:30 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 7:56 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 7:26 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Thu, Sep 28:01 pm
  • Fri8:00 pm
  • Sat7:58 pm
  • Sun7:56 pm
  • Mon7:55 pm
  • Tue7:53 pm
  • Wed7:52 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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