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Lighting
Sun Position
Sun Position places and animates a Blender sun from geographic location, date, and time inputs.
By pioverfour
Renderjuice Score88/100Adoption readiness
Render requirementNeeded during rendering
Blender versionsBlender 4.2 and newer
Release4.4.0Free and open source
What it does
- Match outdoor lighting to a real location and time of day.
- Animate changes in the sun's position for daylight studies or time-lapse shots.
Access and editions
Free and open source
- Sun Position
- The extension is free to download from Blender Extensions. The official download is published under SPDX:GPL-3.0-or-later.
- Official Blender Extensions listing
Access checked September 1, 2026.
Install and start
Install
- Install Sun Position from Blender Extensions inside Blender.
- For a downloaded ZIP, use Install from Disk and select the official archive.
First use
- Open the Sun Position controls and enter the geographic location, date, and time for the scene.
- Review the sun direction in the viewport and render a local frame before final lighting adjustments.
Release record
- Version
- 4.4.0
- Publisher update
- November 3, 2025
- Public repository activity
- Not available
Technical details and sources
- Downloads
- 145,468
- Published
- May 7, 2024
- Licenses
- SPDX:GPL-3.0-or-later