Is it going to be good?
You get a score out of 10. Low means stay home. High means grab your phone and get outside.
The sky caught fire. You found out from somebody else's photo.
Next time, know before it happens.
Everybody knows how to watch a sunset. The trick is knowing which night could go off. Magic Sunset checks the clouds, the rain, how clear the sky is, and when the light will hit. Then it gives you a straight answer: tonight looks ordinary, maybe good—or get outside.
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The whole point
Is tonight the one?
First, see whether tonight’s sunset could be worth going out for. Then plan when and where the sun or moon will rise or set.
Do the forecasts agree?
Weather Agreement checks Apple Weather at your location and farther toward the horizon. In the United States, NOAA/NWS adds another check when available, so you can see when the picture is still uncertain.
When does it get good?
Magic Sunset lays out when the sky may warm up, catch fire, peak, and keep glowing after sunset.
Is it over yet?
The sun can be gone before the best color shows up. Magic Sunset tells you when it's worth staying outside.
Most people go inside too soon
The sun goes down. Then the sky can go wild.
The color can build before sunset, flare after it, and move into the sky behind you. Magic Sunset follows the whole show.
- Golden hour
The light starts warming up.
- West fire
The western sky starts catching fire.
- Peak colors
This is the part you came outside for.
- East glow
Turn around. The sky behind you may steal the show.
- Afterglow
Don't go inside yet. The last light may keep building.
Plan the view before the moment
Before you go, know where the sun or moon will rise or set.
Choose the moment you want to see—sunrise, sunset, moonrise, or moonset. Magic Sunset shows you the local time and direction ahead of time, so you can choose a spot with a clear view, meet family or friends there, and be ready before it begins. Once you arrive, Live View shows you where to look across the real horizon.
Pick the moment
Choose sunrise, sunset, moonrise, or moonset. The app gives you one clear plan for the event you picked.
Know when and where
See the local time and the real direction to face before you decide where to go.
Check the real horizon
At your viewing spot, open Live View to see where the sun or moon will meet the horizon and check for trees, roofs, or hills.
Meet there
Choose a meeting spot, review the plan, and share it with family or friends when you are ready.
The bigger nights do not have to sneak up on you
See what is coming. Make a night of it.
Upcoming explains eclipses, special full Moons, perigee and apogee, equinoxes, and solstices for your location. Pick one and turn its real calculated time into a private plan.
Know what it is
See whether it is visible near you, when the important moments happen, where to look, and why people care about it.
Plan around the real sky time
The astronomical event time stays fixed. You decide when everyone should arrive, where to meet, and when the gathering ends.
Send something worth keeping
Share a painterly invitation or add the plan to a calendar. The image shows the friendly place name, never your exact coordinates.
Behind the score
It checks all the stuff you don't want to.
The clouds. The rain. How clear the sky is. When the light will hit. Magic Sunset sorts through all of it, then tells you the only thing you care about: is tonight going to be a good one?
Are the clouds right?
Some clouds catch the light. Others smother it. Magic Sunset doesn't treat every cloudy sky the same.
Can the light break through?
Visibility near the horizon helps show whether the color has room to build or the evening may go flat.
Is rain shutting it down?
Rain risk pulls the score back when the sky is more likely to close in than open up.
Do the weather signals agree?
Weather Agreement sits beside the score, so you can tell a consistent local picture from a beautiful maybe.
The sky won't replay it
Next time, be the one who saw it.
Not in a post. Not tomorrow. Standing outside while it happened.
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