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)
- 5:00 am – 5:20 am
- Sunrise
- 5:35 am
- Golden hour (morning)
- 5:20 am – 6:08 am
- Solar noon
- 11:46 am · 59° high
- Golden hour (evening)
- 5:24 pm – 6:12 pm
- Sunset
- 5:57 pm
- Blue hour (evening)
- 6:12 pm – 6:32 pm
Times in Australia/Sydney. Sun rises at 93° (E) and sets at 266° (W).
5:27 pm
Sun 270° W, 5.4° high
Shadows point 90° E and are 10.7× the height of what casts them (a 2 m stand: 21.3 m).
Hour by hour
| Time | Azimuth | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 am | 90° E | 4.3° |
| 7:00 am | 82° E | 16.7° |
| 8:00 am | 72° ENE | 28.9° |
| 9:00 am | 60° ENE | 40.3° |
| 10:00 am | 44° NE | 50.1° |
| 11:00 am | 21° NNE | 56.9° |
| 12:00 pm | 353° N | 58.5° |
| 1:00 pm | 327° NNW | 54.2° |
| 2:00 pm | 308° NW | 45.8° |
| 3:00 pm | 294° WNW | 35.0° |
| 4:00 pm | 283° WNW | 23.2° |
| 5:00 pm | 274° W | 11.0° |
| 6:00 pm | 266° W | -1.5° |