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Sunset shots on Thu, Oct 14 at Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Thu, Oct 14

Sunset, west at 260°

6:53 pm

Be in place by 6:18 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 7:21 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

Sunset on Thu, Oct 14: the sun sets straight down these streets, at 261°.

  1. Tonight · 6:57 pmWest Broad Street and West Mound StreetScioto Peninsula · 2 streets at once · up to 1.9 mi
  2. Fri, Oct 22 · 6:41 pmEast Spring StreetDiscovery District · 0.3 mi straight
  3. Sat, Feb 19 · 6:10 pmEast Spring StreetDiscovery District · 0.3 mi straight
  4. Mon, Feb 28 · 6:20 pmWest Mound StreetRiver South · 0.2 mi straight
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Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors

Shot list on Thu, Oct 14

  1. 7:11–7:21 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 6:48 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 6:18 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Thu, Oct 146:53 pm
  • Fri6:52 pm
  • Sat6:50 pm
  • Sun6:49 pm
  • Mon6:47 pm
  • Tue6:46 pm
  • Wed6:44 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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