Current Sun Position
Updates when you load the page or detect your location. Use Near me in search for your GPS position.
Above / below horizon
Compass direction of the Sun
05:51 AM · in ~3h 27m
Pick the Right Page (No Duplicate Guesswork)
| You want… | Open this |
|---|---|
| Hours of daylight vs night | Day Length Calculator |
| A trailhead, island, or GPS pin (no city page) | Custom Lat/Lng Calculator |
| Civil / nautical / astronomical clock times | Twilight Calculator |
| “Is dawn the same as sunrise?” | Dawn & Dusk glossary |
| Warm photo light windows | Golden Hour |
| A trip timed to dawn and dusk | Solar Tourism |
| A full month for one city | City sun pages |
Go Deeper From This Hub
Custom Lat/Lng
Type any coordinates for sunrise, azimuth, twilight, and a month calendar.
Day Length
How many hours of daylight today — and tomorrow’s change.
Twilight Stages
Live civil, nautical & astronomical dawn/dusk timeline.
Golden Hour
Warm photography windows around sunrise & sunset.
Blue Hour
Indigo twilight windows for cityscapes.
Solar Noon
When the Sun hits its highest point today.
Dawn vs Dusk Words
Glossary: dawn ≠ sunrise, dusk ≠ sunset.
Seasons
Solstices, equinoxes, and daylight extremes.
Midnight Sun
Polar day and polar night for Arctic cities.
Sunrise Spots
Worldwide sunrise viewpoints with today’s local times.
Sunset Spots
Worldwide sunset viewpoints with today’s local times.
Solar Tourism
Plan trips around dawn, dusk, and golden hour.
Manhattanhenge
When NYC’s grid catches the setting Sun.
City Pages
Full calendars & 7-day forecasts for 190+ cities.
Why This Hub Exists
City pages already publish sunrise and sunset for specific places. This Sun Calculator is different: it focuses on live solar geometry (altitude, azimuth, sky status) and acts as a clear router so you do not land on three similar articles wondering which one to trust. Definitions of twilight stages live on the Twilight tool; word meanings live on Dawn & Dusk; seasonal extremes live on Seasons.