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It's Solar Noon Somewhere

Choose a stadium, game, section, and row or seat position to estimate when your seat will be in direct sun or stadium shade. Drag the time slider after calculating to watch the modeled shadow move across the bowl and see the sun ray aim directly at your selected seat.

Michigan Stadium
Click roughly where your seat is to estimate both section and row, or use the dropdowns.
Beta geometry
Modeled stadium shade
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Section 8, Row 35
Choose a date and time, then calculate.
The dashed sun ray will aim at your selected seat. If the seat is shaded, the ray stops where the modeled obstruction blocks it.
Current condition
Choose a date/time
Then calculate modeled shade.
Modeled obstruction
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Shown when the seat is shaded.
Sun position
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Azimuth and altitude at the selected time.
Ray status
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Whether the seat-directed sun ray reaches your seat.
Approx. +/- 10-20 min
Direct sun Stadium shade Sun below horizon
    Model assumptions and sources

    How sun and shade work at Autzen Stadium

    Estimate game-time sun and shade for Autzen Stadium sections. The model includes the taller south-side expansion, some covered rows, north structures, and videoboard shading.

    How accurate is the result?

    Covered seating and row estimates are not surveyed seat-level predictions; clouds and temporary obstructions are excluded. Cloud cover, temporary structures, and surrounding objects are not fully represented.

    Other stadiums

    Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan Comerica ParkDetroit, Michigan DKR-Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, Texas Fenway ParkBoston, Massachusetts Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan Ohio StadiumColumbus, Ohio Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, Pennsylvania Camp Randall StadiumMadison, Wisconsin Kinnick StadiumIowa City, Iowa Autzen StadiumEugene, Oregon