Golden Hour & Night Sky Planner
Plan the shot. The light is best exactly when visibility is worst — that's the trade.
🌅 The Light Today
- Golden hour: 7:32pm - 8:13pm (dawn 5:27am - 6:08am)
- Blue hour: 8:13pm - 8:45pm (dawn 4:55am - 5:27am)
- Sun sets: 8:13pm at 298° WNW · rises 5:27am at 61° ENE
Clear
Sunset odds 40/100
· cloud low 0% / mid 0% / high 0%
Clean gradient, no drama. Good night for silhouettes.
🌕 Moon & Darkness
60% illuminated · waxing
Moon up 3:52pm, down 12:13am
Next full Jul 29 (6d) ·
next new Aug 13 (21d)
Astronomical dark: 10:14pm – 3:26am
A bright moon washes the sky out. Good for landscapes, bad for stars — and it shows you what is coming.
🌌 Deep Sky Tonight
- Milky Way core:
Moonlit in season, but the moon will wash it out
Shoot the stars, but keep one ear open. Long exposures mean standing still in the dark for minutes at a time.
📷 The Night Shooter's Kit
- A tripod that survives wind and a hasty exitShop →
- Red headlamp — keeps your night vision (and your position)Shop →
- Intervalometer / remote release for long exposuresShop →
- ND & graduated filters for that blown-out horizonShop →
- Star tracker for real Milky Way exposuresShop →
- Spare batteries — cold nights eat themShop →
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Sun & moon times: sunrisesunset.io · cloud layers: Open-Meteo · space weather: NOAA SWPC.
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