Night Photography Resource

Complete the following form to get a one year table of sun or moon rise/set times for a given location. This is an improved, simplified interface to the US Naval Observatory's website.

Settings:

Year:     Type of table: sunrise/sunset moonrise/moonset civil twilight nautical twilight astronomical twilight

Place Name Label: 

The place name you enter above is merely a label for the table header; you can enter any identifier, or none (avoid using punctuation characters). The data will be calculated for the longitude and latitude you enter below.

Location:

Drag the marker to your desired location or enter in your coordinates manually below.

Longitude:

east  west  degrees  minutes 

Latitude:

north  south  degrees  minutes 

Time Zone:

hours  east of Greenwich  west of Greenwich

For locations that require it, the time zone can be entered in hours and a fraction. For example, for locations in India, the time zone may be entered as 5.5 hours east of Greenwich. The time zone field can accommodate up to five characters.