Sunrise & Sunset times

[acurtis]

I was looking for a program to predict the time and position of sunrise and sunsets at different locations. This may be of interest to other photographers too. I found this web page:
http://www.nicholsonprints.com/Articles/sun.htm

There is a link here to an excellent freeware PC program 'Ephemeris 1.0' which can be downloaded from a page of Digital Light & Colour:
http://www.dl-c.com/
http://www.dl-c.com/ephemeris.zip

The program gives you sunset/sunrise and compass position of sun at these times; also phases of the moon and charts of information over a chosen time period. It can be used from any location worldwide.

Andy

[acurtis]

Prediction of time and position using 'Ephemeris 1.0' was spot on this morning.


http://images.fotopic.net/?id=2523611

[Laziferous]

That is of interest, thanks a lot Andy! I may download the DOF, and scanning resolution caculators too. Thanks for the link.

[TeraGram93013]

That does look like an interesting program.

What I've been using lately is www.saltwatertides.com

They have "tide, moon, and sun predictions for the Gulf Coast, US East Coast and US West Coast."

The beachline on this portion of California is generally very short. Indeed in most of Carpinteria there's a giant cliff wall between the ocean and higher ground. You need to know when that tide's coming!

[timmyquest]

What ever happened to sitting on the beach watching the sun set then saying all the sudden..."wow..." *grabs camera*

[TeraGram93013]

What ever happened to sitting on the beach watching the sun set then saying all the sudden..."wow..." *grabs camera*

I might be able to get back to that some day.

For now, however, my life is a little more structured.

Small children will do that to you.

[defordphoto]

What ever happened to sitting on the beach watching the sun set then saying all the sudden..."wow..." *grabs camera*

That is so low-tech! ;)

[timmyquest]

What ever happened to sitting on the beach watching the sun set then saying all the sudden..."wow..." *grabs camera*

I might be able to get back to that some day.

For now, however, my life is a little more structured.

Small children will do that to you.

well i dont have kids but this past summer when it was around time for the sun to set and i noticed i was doing nothing so i hopped in my car and went to the country.

I cant wait till winter is over with my new equipment, life is gonna be grand

[Scottes]

I use www.weatherunderground.com. Lists sunrise & moon rise and sets, civil and nautical times, too. Moon phase, wind speed, etc, etc. Their Marine forecast gives high/low tides, too. And it covers the world.

It also gives a weather report showing estimated percentage of cloud cover - which is great for predicting a good sunrise pic. It requires a bit of experience to really predict a good sunrise for the area, but this definitely helps.

WeatherUnderground also adds info from personal weather stations that people have tied into their computers. My friend has a computer-connected weather station, and it uploads it's info to WeatherUnderground. Kinda cool, in a 'Net-geeky sort of way.

One still needs to know *where* the sun is going to rise or set, so Ephemeris or previous location experience is necessary. But I rarely go out without checking WeatherUnderground for the area.

[EOlsenPhoto]

Sorry to bring an old post back from the way dead locker. I have used Photogs Ephemeris before and love that program, but is there a way to track the suns position and distance above the horizon any time throughout the day?

Thanks
Erik

[centrarchidae]

I also like http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php for that.

I once had a job in my mis-spent youth, where we had to be able to testify about what time the sun set at night, and we never got any argument about the USNO site.

(and....delurk!)

[Sparky98]

If you have a smart phone there are several apps that will give you all the information you need. I have an app called Sundroid, obviously for the Android platform but I feel sure it or one like it is available for the Iphone. Sundroid gives you times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and azimuth settings for each. It also give you times for the golden hour, has a chart that tracks the sun, moon, and planets, and can locate you so you will have accurate times for your present location. There are other apps that may be better but this is one I decide to try and it seems to work pretty well.