The Emphemeris App

If you want to take full advantage of the sun and moon, in particular sunrise and sunset and similarly moonrise and moonset, The Ephemeris App may be for you. Available on devices and the Web, this app not only tells you the time of these events, but also the direction on the compass of the events and even the path of the sun or the moon, respectively.

Lately, the time of sunset and moonrise have been close. This gives an eerie, large moon on the horizon with a blue background and sun dappled landscape. well worth seeing, if not capturing on film. Use the Ephemeris App to find the direction and location to best observe this phenomenon.

Check out the moon exposure calculator to get an exposure for the moon.