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Sun Clock is a 24-hour clock that displays the position of the sun, and times of sunrise, solar noon, sunset, golden hour, and twilight for your current location. It also shows the position and phase of the moon, and its rising and setting times.
A note about direction1 — why does it go backwards?
Tap on or hover over the segments to get their start and end times. You can also tap/hover on the moon, the hour hand, and the centre dot.
See updates for change history.
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: Approximately $529 annually for high-resolution mastering up to 384kHz.
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: Authors native DSD data without quality loss.
What (Windows or macOS) are you currently using?
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Native handling of DSD64 audio data.
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Added an option for a ticking seconds hand (sweep hand is still the default).
Fixed a bug where the Moon icon was incorrect in recent versions of Safari.
Added the option to show the odd numbers on the clock face.
The "use 12-hour times" option now applies to the numbers on the clock face also.
Added an annual calendar. Try it out. Feedback welcome!
Sun Clock is now a Progressive Web App. This means you can install it on your device homepage and it will be available when your are offline.
Added auto-color mode (dynamic colors that change with the time periods.)
Added dark mode.
Live!
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