Golden hour, blue hour, the Milky Way core, moon phase and aurora — scored for tonight, at any location on earth, with the camera settings to match.
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Before you drive anywhere
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Score · Good
One score from cloud, humidity, visibility and moon — with the reason it landed there, not just a number.
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Golden hour
Golden hour, blue hour and each twilight band, morning and evening, accurate to the minute.
349°
Azimuth
Azimuth and altitude for any moment — or hold the phone up and see it on the sky itself.
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Tonight
ISO, aperture and shutter for tonight’s moon and cloud, tuned to your own camera and lens.
The hours that decide a photograph.
Everything above the horizon, placed and timed.
For anyone shooting where the land runs out.
How it works
GPS, or search anywhere on earth. Save the spots you keep going back to.
Score, light windows, moon, sky and — on the coast — tide and swell.
With the settings to start on and a reminder telling you when to leave.
Free, no account, no ads. iPhone, Apple Watch and Android.
Field notes
Tutorials
OwlPlot now shows swell, wind and tide alongside the light. Here is how to read those numbers properly — including why a 1-metre forecast can be a better day than a 1.5-metre one, and why the height at your beach is never quite the height in the model.
Tutorials
Numbers tell you the moon will be at 112° azimuth and 14° altitude. They do not tell you whether the hill is in the way. AR Sky View answers that by drawing the sky onto the scene in front of you — in daylight, hours before the shot.
Photography Tips
The shot where a huge moon sits behind a lighthouse or a bridge is not luck and it is not a composite. It is a calculation about where you stand, and there are three numbers that decide whether you get it.