buncha/osint/sun-position

Sun Position & Daylight

Latitude-90 to 90

Longitude-180 to 180

Date

Sunrise · Sunset · Day length (local time at lat 51.51, lng -0.13)

03:45

sunrise

20:16

sunset

16h 31m

day length

Sun right now

Altitude: -7.1°

Azimuth: 142.1°

Below horizon

24-hour phase timeline (local solar time at this location)

00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00

Night
Astro twilight
Nautical
Civil
Golden hour
Daytime

Solar noon

12:00

Sun at highest point

Nadir

00:00

Sun at lowest point

Civil dawn

02:58

Sky lightens, -6° below

Civil dusk

21:02

Lights come on, -6° below

Nautical dawn

01:46

Horizon visible at sea, -12°

Nautical dusk

22:14

Horizon disappears, -12°

Astronomical dawn

—

True night ends, -18°

Astronomical dusk

—

True night begins, -18°

Golden hour morning ends

04:38

Sun reaches 6° altitude

Golden hour evening starts

19:22

Sun drops to 6° altitude

Sun on Earth · Tue Jun 09 2026click the map to set location

Your location
Sun overhead now
Night side of Earth
Day / night terminator

Sun path across the sky

North is up. Centre = directly overhead. Outer ring = horizon. Dotted rings = 30° and 60° altitude.

What the phases mean. Civil twilight is when there's enough light to do most outdoor activities without artificial light. Nautical twilight is when the horizon is just barely visible at sea — historically when sailors could still take star sights.Astronomical twilight is when the sky is dark enough for serious astronomy.Golden hour is photographer-speak for the period when the sun is between about 6° below and 6° above the horizon — soft, warm, directional light. The calculations use the Meeus / NOAA solar position equations (same math behind astronomy software, accurate to within a minute or two anywhere on Earth).

All math runs in your browser. Location is only sent to your browser's geolocation API if you click "Use my location".

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About Sun Position & Daylight

Sunrise, sunset, golden hour, blue hour, civil / nautical / astronomical twilight, day length — for any latitude, longitude and date. Live world map showing the sub-solar point (where the sun is directly overhead on Earth right now), the day/night terminator, and direction lines from your location to where the sun rises, sits, and sets. Polar sky-chart for the local horizon view too. Implements the NOAA / Meeus solar-position math directly in your browser, accurate to within a minute or two anywhere on Earth. Use-my-location quick-button, eight city presets, click anywhere on the map to switch location.

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