The Photographer's Ephemeris
Sunlight. Moonlight. Starlight. Precision planning app for outdoor photographers.·photoephemeris.com
The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE) is a precision planning tool that helps photographers visualize the sun, moon, and natural light anywhere on Earth. It shows sunrise/sunset direction, moonrise/set, twilight times, golden hour, moon phases, and Milky Way position on a map, and includes 3D maps and augmented reality for scouting shots. It is used for planning landscape, wildlife, architecture, real estate, wedding, and night/astro photography shoots.
What it's for
Features 18
- 3D Celestial Sphere with visual search (Web)
- 3D maps
- 3D visualization of the Milky Way band orientation
- Augmented reality overlay of sun/moon/Milky Way on camera feed (iOS)
- Eclipse maps and eclipse-aware shadow maps
- Field of View Tool
- Galactic Center rise/set timing for Milky Way planning
- Golden hour, civil/nautical/astronomical twilight timing
- Location Lists to organize saved locations
- Lunar and solar eclipse information (iOS app)
- Major stars and asterisms display (iOS app)
- Meteor shower details
- Moon phase and new moon visibility events
- Photo WX weather maps
- Shot alignment and celestial target planning (TPE Web 4.0)
- Skyfire weather forecasts integration
- Sun and moon position and direction visualization on a map
- what3words location support
At a glance
Integrations
Pricing
Three tiers are offered: free users, Pro subscribers, and Skyfire Plus subscribers. Specific pricing is not publicly listed.
Page states 'Get started for free' and refers to 'free' users as distinct from Pro subscribers; no specific price or limits given.
Referred to as 'Pro subscribers' in news posts (e.g. '3D Maps come to Photo Ephemeris Web PRO'); no price stated on supplied pages.