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Sunset shots on Sat, Oct 23 at Columbus, United States

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Sunset · on Sat, Oct 23

Sunset, west-southwest at 255°

6:40 pm

Be in place by 6:04 pm for golden hour · blue hour until 7:09 pm

Streets that frame the sunset

Sunset on Sat, Oct 23: the sun sets straight down East Spring Street, at 256°.

  1. Tonight · 6:41 pmEast Spring StreetDiscovery District · 0.3 mi straight
  2. Sat, Feb 19 · 6:10 pmEast Spring StreetDiscovery District · 0.3 mi straight
  3. Mon, Feb 28 · 6:20 pmWest Mound StreetRiver South · 0.2 mi straight
  4. Wed, Mar 1 · 6:23 pmWest Broad Street, East Broad Street, West Rich Street and 5 moreScioto Peninsula · 8 streets at once · up to 1.9 mi
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Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors

Shot list on Sat, Oct 23

  1. 6:58–7:09 pm · 16–24 mmBlue hour to the east-northeastTurn 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 6:35 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-southwest for the sun itself.
  • Turn round: whatever faces west-southwest glows in the last light.
  • Shadows point east-northeast, 10 times as long as things are tall when golden hour starts at 6:04 pm.

Sunsets this week

  • Sat, Oct 236:40 pm
  • Sun6:39 pm
  • Mon6:38 pm
  • Tue6:36 pm
  • Wed6:35 pm
  • Thu6:34 pm
  • Fri6:32 pm

Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)

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