Sun path
Where the sun is, and when, for your location and shoot day. Plan your setups around it.
Sydney, NSW · -33.8688, 151.2093
Tap the map to move the point. Gold line: towards the sun. Dashed line: shadow direction.
- Blue hour (morning)
- 5:07 am – 5:28 am
- Sunrise
- 5:45 am
- Golden hour (morning)
- 5:28 am – 6:20 am
- Solar noon
- 12:41 pm · 74° high
- Golden hour (evening)
- 7:01 pm – 7:53 pm
- Sunset
- 7:36 pm
- Blue hour (evening)
- 7:53 pm – 8:15 pm
Times in Australia/Sydney. Sun rises at 113° (ESE) and sets at 247° (WSW).
11:02 am
Sun 61° ENE, 63.2° high
Shadows point 241° WSW and are 0.5× the height of what casts them (a 2 m stand: 1.0 m).
Hour by hour
| Time | Azimuth | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 am | 111° ESE | 2.2° |
| 7:00 am | 103° ESE | 14.1° |
| 8:00 am | 95° E | 26.4° |
| 9:00 am | 87° E | 38.9° |
| 10:00 am | 77° ENE | 51.2° |
| 11:00 am | 61° ENE | 62.8° |
| 12:00 pm | 32° NNE | 72.1° |
| 1:00 pm | 343° NNW | 73.8° |
| 2:00 pm | 306° NW | 66.3° |
| 3:00 pm | 288° WNW | 55.2° |
| 4:00 pm | 276° W | 43.0° |
| 5:00 pm | 267° W | 30.6° |
| 6:00 pm | 260° W | 18.2° |
| 7:00 pm | 252° WSW | 6.2° |
| 8:00 pm | 244° WSW | -5.4° |