Sunset & Sunrise Sun Ephemeris

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About this app

## **Sunset by PhotoTime: Golden Hour, Sun Position & Photography Ephemeris**

PhotoTime helps you plan your day around the most beautiful light: **Golden Hour** (also known as **Magic Hour**), **Blue Hour**, **Sunrise**, **Sunset**, **Full Moon** and every twilight in between.

Whether you're a photographer, traveler, hiker, drone pilot or outdoor enthusiast, PhotoTime combines accurate **Sun Position**, **Sun Path**, **Moon Phases**, a **Photography Ephemeris** and a powerful **Sunset Forecast** to help you capture the perfect light.

Ad-free, award-winning and trusted by photographers worldwide.

## **Everything you need to plan the perfect shot**

🗺️ Interactive map showing Sun Path & Moon Path

🧭 Visualize the Sun and Moon in Augmented Reality

📍 Scout photo locations and save your favourite places

🌅 Golden Hour, Blue Hour, Sunrise & Sunset

🌤️ Sunset Forecast to help you plan for beautiful skies

☀️ Sun Position tracking and Sun Surveyor-style planning tools

🌙 Moon Phases, Moonrise, Moonset & Supermoon calendar

🔭 Photography Ephemeris for planning the Sun and Moon

🌄 Civil, Nautical & Astronomical Twilight

📱 Beautiful home screen widgets

⏰ Smart notifications for Golden Hour, Sunrise, Sunset and Moon events

🌦️ Weather forecasts

📷 Depth of Field (DoF) & Field of View (FoV) calculators

📸 Long Exposure, Timelapse & Star Trail planning

## **Never miss another Golden Hour, Magic Hour or Sunset**

Plan photography sessions, road trips, hikes, drone flights and outdoor adventures with accurate **Golden Hour**, **Blue Hour**, **Sunrise**, **Sunset**, **Alpenglow forecasts** and every twilight.

Use the **Sunset Forecast** to check the potential for colorful skies before heading out. Combine weather predictions with precise solar calculations and our **Ephemeris** tools to find the right place at the right time.

Most features are available offline.

## **Professional Sun Position, Sun Surveyor & Moon Phase Planner**

Plan outdoor photography with detailed solar and lunar information. PhotoTime brings together **Sun Position** calculations, an interactive map and **Sun Surveyor**-inspired features to make location scouting easier.

✔ Sun Path & Moon Path

✔ Moon Position & Moon Phases

✔ Sunrise & Sunset direction

✔ Golden Hour & Blue Hour

✔ Civil, Nautical & Astronomical Twilight

✔ Full Moon, Moonrise & Moonset

✔ Supermoon calendar

✔ Milky Way visibility

✔ Sunset Forecast & weather forecasts

✔ Photography Ephemeris calculations

✔ Offline calculations

✔ Save favourite locations

✔ Notification reminders

## **Sunset Forecast & Photography Planning**

Not every sunset is equally spectacular. With PhotoTime's **Sunset Forecast**, you can check weather conditions and the potential for vibrant sunset colors before planning your next shoot.

Combine your forecast with **Sun Position** information, Golden Hour times and solar direction to discover when and where the most beautiful natural light may appear.

• Sunset Photography

• Golden Hour Portraits

• Wedding Photography

From landscape scouting to professional photoshoots, PhotoTime works as a convenient **Sun Surveyor** and **Ephemeris** companion for anyone planning around natural light.

## **Moon Phase, Full Moon & Ephemeris Planner**

Track Moon Phases, Full Moon dates, Moonrise, Moonset, Supermoons and Moon Path to plan night photography, Milky Way shoots or simply enjoy the night sky.

Use PhotoTime's **Ephemeris** features to understand the movement of the Sun and Moon, explore their position on the map and prepare for upcoming astronomical events.

PhotoTime is your all-in-one Golden Hour, Magic Hour, Blue Hour, Sun Path, Moon Phase and photography planner.
Whether you're planning a professional photoshoot or simply chasing the perfect sunset, PhotoTime helps you discover the best light wherever you are.

❤️ PhotoTime — making Golden Hour, Sunrise & Sunset planning effortless.
Phototime: Sunset & Sunrise: Sun Ephemeris, golden hour, full moon, Sun Position
Updated on
Oct 8, 2026

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Ratings and reviews

9.11K reviews
Shawn Meilicke
June 29, 2025
Perfect. I just installed it but at a quick review it has everything I was looking for - Time slots for golden/blue hours, sun direction. cloud cover and weather, and more. I'd say the store page could use some updated screenshots cuz it looks nicer in app! AR is cute and from what I can tell at quick glance, accurate. I also haven't seen any ads or popups for a premium version yet. Can't beat that. To the devs: please don't add AI features, pleeeeease
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Sunrise & Sunset Times
June 29, 2025
Hey Shawn! For Ai I'm thinking only about sunset colour prediction based on dataset and current weather, precipitation, clouds etc I'm also a photographer so I don't like generating photos etc. Thanks for the great feedback and enjoy using the app! Pawel
A Google user
January 5, 2019
Good app, main screen is very aesthetically pleasing and tells me exactly what I need to know. I will say a few small, nitpicky things though, having the settings icon in both the top right and in the left menu panel is a bit redundant. Also The highlighting on the menu panel is a bit inconsistent, as I'll leave the settings menu and be back at the home screen, I'll pull the panel back out and settings will still be highlighted.
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Sunrise & Sunset Times
March 7, 2019
Hey Alex! This is now fixed, please take a look at your latest update, try out the cool widget too:) Enjoy using & regards, Sarah
Spencer Mathews
April 5, 2024
Clean simple design. Shows day length, solar noon, sunrise/sunset, and blue and golden hours. The free version is functional enough, but about half the features are paywalled and blocked behind constant reminders to that effect. I might even be willing to upgrade to Premium, but do not take well to to constant pestering as a form of marketing. There are other less naggy alternatives.
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Sunrise & Sunset Times
October 8, 2026
Hey Spencer! Thanks for your feedback! Since your review, I don't sent out Premium reminders and you can disable all notification in settings as well and added lots of new features, including Sunset Forecast, 3D maps, and much more. The app has improved a lot, and I'd love for you to give it another try! 😊

What’s new

Added a 3D map with shadow simulation! See how shadow length and shape change throughout the day.