The Photographer’s Ephemeris

This a screen shot from the The Photographer’s Ephemeris program.  This is a great program to use when planning your next photography trip.  Besides showing sunrise, sunset and all of that, it also shows the direction of sun rise and set.  This helps you plan plan where and when to be in position.

The example above shows when sunrise will hit directly into the front of the Lincoln Memorial. The yellow line shows the angle of sunrise.  If you have ever tried to shoot into the Lincoln Memorial you know that the sun is usually at an angle.  Well, if you go to the Lincoln Memorial on 18 March (sunrise 7:14) or 24 September 2014 (sunrise 6:57) the sun will shine directly into the memorial.  See you there!

Available for Macs, Windows, and mobile devices of all kinds.  I have it on my iPhone so that I can always see when the sun rises wherever I am (with cell coverage).