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Sunset shots on Tue, Sep 21 at Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Tue, Sep 21

Sunset, west at 271°

7:29 pm

Be in place by 6:55 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 7:58 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

Sunset on Tue, Sep 21: the sun sets straight down Mount Vernon Avenue, at 273°.

  1. Tonight · 7:34 pmMount Vernon AvenueWarehouse District · 0.3 mi straight
  2. Sat, Oct 9 · 7:00 pmEast Spring Street and West Town StreetWarehouse District · 2 streets at once · up to 0.2 mi
  3. Sun, Oct 10 · 6:58 pmEast Long Street, East Broad Street, East Main Street and 16 moreKing-Lincoln Bronzeville · 19 streets at once · up to 1.8 mi
  4. Mon, Oct 11 · 6:57 pmWest Broad Street, West Rich Street and West Town StreetScioto Peninsula · 3 streets at once · up to 1.9 mi
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Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors

Shot list on Tue, Sep 21

  1. 7:48–7:58 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 7:24 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 6:55 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Tue, Sep 217:29 pm
  • Wed7:27 pm
  • Thu7:26 pm
  • Fri7:24 pm
  • Sat7:22 pm
  • Sun7:21 pm
  • Mon7:19 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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