Know Exactly Where the Sun and Moon Sat at Your Location and Minute
Conditions.Site reports sun position, sunrise, sunset, twilight, and moon phase for any location and any date, down to the minute, with nearby buildings and terrain factored into whether the light actually cleared the visible horizon.
Scouting a location, matching continuity across shoot days, or documenting the light on a past exterior means knowing precisely where the sun or moon sat at a specific place and minute. Conditions.Site generates a clear, cited report of sun altitude and azimuth, sunrise, sunset, twilight windows, and moon phase for any location and any date in that location's own local time. Nearby buildings and terrain are factored in, so you know whether the light actually cleared the visible horizon at your street corner, not just the flat astronomical time.
The problem
Where the usual sources come up short when you need to establish what the conditions were.
Almanac times ignore the buildings around you
A generic sunset time assumes a flat horizon. On a real street the sun drops behind a tower or ridgeline well before that. Conditions.Site factors nearby buildings and terrain into whether the sun or moon was above the visible horizon at your exact spot.
Sun angle is a moving target across a location
You need the sun's altitude and azimuth at a precise minute, not a rough band. Get the sun's exact angle and compass direction for an address and time so you can reason about blocking, talent placement, and rigging against the real geometry of the site.
Night exteriors depend on where the moon actually sat
A night scene reads differently under a full moon than a thin crescent, and the moon may not even be up. See moonrise, moonset, altitude, azimuth, and illuminated fraction for the window, terrain-aware, so you know the moon's phase and position rather than guessing.
Continuity and reshoots need a documented record
When you match a scene days or weeks apart, you need the light direction and conditions on each date on record. Save a cited report for every shoot day so a reshoot can be lined up to the same sun azimuth and altitude, and so you can document what the light was on a past day.
How it's used
Scout a location by sun and moon geometry
Drop in an address or coordinates and a date to see where the sun tracks across the sky, when sunrise, sunset, and twilight fall, and whether surrounding buildings shade the spot. Sun and moon positions are deterministic, so scouting a chosen date is solid ground.
Read sunrise, sunset, and twilight for a date
Pull sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and twilight times in the location's local time for a given date, then reason about the usable low-sun window from the real horizon at that site rather than a flat-horizon estimate.
Check the moon for a night exterior
Look up moon phase, illuminated fraction, altitude, and azimuth for a night, terrain- and building-aware, to know how full the moon was and where it sat in the sky through the scene.
Match continuity across multiple days
Generate and save a report for each shoot day so you can document sun direction and conditions, then line up a later reshoot to the same azimuth and altitude for a seamless cut.
What you get
Every value is cross-checked across independent public sources and cited back to its origin.
Sun position, terrain- and building-aware
Altitude, azimuth, sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and twilight times for any location and date, to the minute. Nearby buildings and terrain are factored into whether the sun was above the visible horizon at the site, not just the flat-horizon time.
Moon position and phase for night work
Altitude, azimuth, moonrise, moonset, and illuminated fraction and phase, also terrain- and building-aware. See the moon's phase and exactly where it sat in the sky for a night exterior.
Weather reconciled across independent sources
Temperature, wind, cloud cover, humidity, visibility, and precipitation for a shoot day, drawn from multiple public sources and cross-checked against each other. Useful for comparing cloud cover on a first shoot day against a later reshoot.
A clean, cited PDF report
A one-page visual summary, a per-source comparison table, an hourly table, and per-station detail. Every number is traceable to the source it came from, so your record is documented, not guessed. Save reports per account.
How it works
Enter the location and time
Search an address or intersection, or drop in GPS coordinates, then pick the date and the time to the minute in the location's own local time.
Generate the cited report
Conditions.Site assembles sun position, moon position and phase, and reconciled weather, factoring nearby buildings and terrain into the visible horizon.
Read, save, and share the PDF
Review the one-page summary and detailed tables, download a paginated PDF with every value cited, and keep it in your saved report history for continuity or a reshoot.
Frequently asked questions
What angle was the sun at a specific time and location?
Will nearby buildings block the sun near sunset at a street corner?
What are the sunrise, sunset, and twilight times at a location on a date?
Was the moon up, and how full, during a night exterior?
How do I document sun direction for continuity across multiple days?
Can I compare the cloud cover on the first shoot day against a reshoot?
Plan your light with a record you can trust
Get sun position, sunrise, sunset, twilight, and moon phase for any location and date, to the minute, with buildings and terrain factored in and every value cited. Start with five free reports a month, no credit card, or go unlimited for $19.99 a year.
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Conditions.Site reports are modeled estimates assembled from cited public data sources for informational use; they are not a guarantee of actual conditions.