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Plan your wedding day around the light, the sky, and the weather

Get sunset and twilight times so you can schedule the ceremony and golden-hour photos, the moon phase for an evening reception, and what the weather has actually been at your venue on that date in past years. Every value is cited to its source.

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Choosing a ceremony start time, planning your photo window, and picking a rain-plan cutoff all depend on the same thing: the light and the weather at your venue on your date. Conditions.Site gives you sunrise, sunset, and twilight times, moon phase, and historical weather for any location and any past date, in the venue's own local time. Every number traces back to the public source it came from, so your timeline is built on facts, not guesses.

The problem

Where the usual sources come up short when you need to establish what the conditions were.

You don't know when the light will be right

Sunset and twilight move week to week and shift with your venue's latitude and surroundings. Guess wrong and you schedule portraits in flat midday sun or lose the ceremony to darkness.

"What's the weather usually like then?" is hard to answer honestly

Averages online are vague and rarely tied to your exact venue. You need the real temperature, rain, wind, and cloud history for that specific place and calendar date, with sources you can point to.

Tall trees and buildings hide the real horizon

A published sunset time assumes a flat horizon. Ridgelines, tree lines, and nearby buildings can put your venue in shade well before that. That changes when your golden-hour photos actually end.

Evening receptions live or die by the moon

An outdoor dinner under a full moon reads very differently from a new-moon night. Without the phase and moonrise time for your date, you can't plan lighting or that moonlit first dance.

How it's used

Set the ceremony start time for golden-hour photos

Pull sunset and twilight times for your venue on your exact date, then back-time the ceremony so couple portraits land in the soft light before sunset instead of harsh afternoon glare.

Answer "what has the weather been here on this date?"

Generate the historical temperature, rain, wind, and cloud cover for the venue on that calendar date in past years: a cited record to guide tent decisions, guest attire notes, and a rain-plan cutoff.

Plan an evening reception around the moon

Check the moon phase, illuminated fraction, and moonrise time for the reception night so you know whether to expect a bright full moon or a dark sky, and light the space accordingly.

Brief your photographer and planner with one document

Share a clean, cited PDF of sun, moon, and weather details so everyone builds the day's timeline from the same trusted numbers.

What you get

Every value is cross-checked across independent public sources and cited back to its origin.

Sunrise, sunset, and twilight to the minute

Sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and twilight times for your venue and date, with the sun's altitude and azimuth. Use them to back-time golden-hour photos. Local terrain and nearby buildings are factored into whether the sun was actually above the visible horizon at the site.

Moon phase and moonrise for the reception

Moonrise, moonset, illuminated fraction, and phase for your evening (also terrain-aware and building-aware), so you know whether the night brings a bright full moon or a dark new-moon sky.

Cited weather history for your exact venue

Temperature, wind, precipitation, cloud cover, humidity, and more for that location and date, reconciled across multiple independent public sources like ERA5 reanalysis and NOAA/NWS station records. Every value is cited and cross-checked.

A clean, shareable PDF report

A one-page visual summary, a per-source comparison table, an hourly breakdown, and per-station detail. Every number is traceable to its origin, ideal for handing to your planner, photographer, or venue.

How it works

  1. Enter your venue and date

    Search the venue address or intersection, or drop in GPS coordinates. Pick your wedding date and, for sun and moon detail, the time. Everything is in the venue's local time.

  2. Generate the cited report

    Conditions.Site assembles the sunset and twilight times, the moon phase, and the historical weather from multiple public sources, cross-checked against each other.

  3. Build your timeline and share the PDF

    Use the numbers to set the ceremony time and photo window, then download the paginated PDF to share with your photographer, planner, and venue.

Frequently asked questions

When does the sun set at our venue on our wedding date?
Enter your venue's address or coordinates and your date, and Conditions.Site returns sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and twilight times in the venue's local time. It also factors in local terrain and nearby buildings, so you see when the sun was actually above the visible horizon at the site, not just the flat-horizon time.
What time should we start the ceremony to get golden-hour photos?
Look at the sunset and twilight times the report gives for your date, then back-time from there. Golden hour is roughly the hour before sunset, so many couples schedule the ceremony so portraits fall in that window. The report gives you the exact sunset minute for your venue so you can plan the start time precisely.
What has the weather been on this date at our venue in past years?
Conditions.Site produces a historical weather report for your exact location and calendar date, covering temperature, wind, precipitation, cloud cover, humidity, and more. It reconciles the data across multiple independent public sources and cites every value, so you get a well-sourced picture of typical conditions rather than a vague average. Note that these are modeled estimates from cited public data, not a forecast.
Will there be a full moon for our outdoor evening reception?
Yes, you can check that. The report shows the moon phase, illuminated fraction, and moonrise and moonset times for your reception night, so you'll know whether to expect a bright full moon or a dark new-moon sky and can plan your lighting to match.
Is this a forecast for our future wedding date?
No. Conditions.Site is a historical tool. It reports what the weather has been at a place on past dates, and it computes sun and moon positions for any date. Use the weather history of that calendar date in prior years to understand typical conditions and plan your rain plan, rather than as a prediction of your specific day.
How much does it cost?
The free tier gives you 5 full reports a month with no credit card. If you want unlimited reports, the paid plan is $19.99 per year. Your report history is saved to your account so you can revisit venue and date combinations as you plan.

Build your day around the light and the sky

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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.