Sun

Sun Dialog Sun Dialog


Current Position

Suntimes displays the sun’s current azimuth and altitude, azimuth at sunrise and sunset, and altitude at solar noon.

Sun Position Sun Position


Light map

Suntimes can display a graph of daylight and twilight periods.

Light map Light map

Tip

Use Suntimes -> Settings User Interface -> Show Light Map to show the light map view on the main screen.


Altitude Graph

Altitude Graph Altitude Graph

Use : -> Altitude Graph to toggle the altitude graph, and : -> Options to change the graph’s options.

  • Grid
  • Labels
  • Axis
  • Filled Path
  • Show Moon
Note

Changes to the graph options are also applied to home screen widgets.


Seek Altitude

Suntimes can find the time when the sun will be at a given angle in the sky.

Use : -> Seek Altitude to specify the angle.

Tap to find the rising time, or to find the setting time.

Seek Altitude Seek Altitude

Tip

Tapping the sunrise, noon, or sunset areas (next to the altitude field) will seek to the time of those events.


Play (animation)

Play controls Play controls

Suntimes can animate the light map and altitude graphs at different rates:

  • 5m the frames are 5 minutes apart.
  • 1d the frames are 24 hours apart.

Tap and to step through frames one at a time.

Tap to play the animation, to pause it, and to reset to the current moment.

View Date

Use : -> View date to open other dialogs at the selected date/time.


Object Shadow

Suntimes can find the length of the shadow cast by an object with a given height.

Use : -> Object Shadow to change the height.

Tap to reduce the object’s height, and to increase it.

Object Shadow Object Shadow

The object height can also be changed from Suntimes -> Settings User Interface -> Object Shadow.

Note

The length of the shadow will be when the sun is below the horizon.