Shade Compass

Shade Compass shows you exactly where the sun is, where your shadow falls, and where to stand to find shade — wherever you are, at any hour of the day.

Point your phone and the live compass orients to the world around you. The sun's current direction and height sit right on the dial, your shadow is drawn opposite it at its true length, and sunrise and sunset are marked at the exact bearings they'll cross the horizon. Drag the time scrubber and watch the sun arc across the sky and your shadow swing and stretch through the whole day — perfect for planning a campsite, a photo shoot, a garden bed, or just the shady side of the patio.

SEE SHADE IN AUGMENTED REALITY
• Point your phone and watch the sun's real path trace across your actual surroundings
• Drop a person, vehicle, tree, canopy, umbrella, or any object and see its true cast shadow on the ground
• Play a sunrise-to-sunset time-lapse and watch the shadows sweep across the scene
• Garden Mode: place several objects, tap any spot to read its hours of direct sun, and view a full sun-and-shade map of the area

EVERYTHING YOU SEE AT A GLANCE
• Live compass that tracks your heading in real time
• Sun direction and altitude, updated continuously
• Shadow direction and length, drawn to scale against your height
• Sunrise and sunset times AND the exact compass bearings they occur at
• A 24-hour time scrubber to preview the sun and your shadow at any moment today
• UV index, wind, and chance of rain, plus a 7-day outlook
• A buzz when your facing arrow lines up with the shade, so you can rotate to it without looking

GOLDEN HOUR, BLUE HOUR & TWILIGHT
• Exact golden hour and blue hour windows, morning and evening
• Civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight times for every day
• Know precisely when the light will be right — for photos, for shade, or for the stars

THE MOON, THE PLANETS & A LIVING SKY
• Track the moon's phase, rise, set, and bearing on the dial
• See which planets are up right now and where to look for them
• A sky that shifts with the time of day, with real stars at night

SEASONAL SUN — THE WHOLE YEAR AT A GLANCE
• See how daylight, sunrise, sunset, and the sun's height change across every month of the year
• Works for your current location or any city in the world
• Plan ahead for the longest days, the shortest shadows, or the perfect seasonal lig