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MARCEL ET LES BLONDES

Personalised “The Light of Our Day” poster — sunrise and sunset on your date

€19.90

Gift wrapping available · + €2.00

Create my print

Sunrise, sunset, solar noon and height are calculated for the place and day you choose, in local time (daylight saving included). The sky is painted from the Sun’s real height at every hour: it is the Sun’s path under a clear sky, not the weather.

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The arc of the Sun on the day and at the place you choose, in a sky painted from its real height at every hour: sunrise, solar noon, sunset, length of day, highest point and evening golden hour, worked out in local time. A place, a date, one or two names: no time or weather to look up.

First the object — medium, size, frame — then its content, which you watch take shape in the preview.

Product Printed poster

Ready to give: printed in our Estaing workshop and shipped within 48 h, with an optional frame on A4 and 30 × 40.

For a last-minute gift: the print file, €8.90, arrives by link the same day — PDF and PNG at 300 dpi, all five sizes.

Size A4 · 21 × 29.7 cm
See the five sizes to scale
The five sizes, to scale with one another. The largest is 70 × 100 cm.
Finish No frame
Compose your poster A place, a date, first names
Style

From 1 January 1900 to 31 December 2100: a wedding still to come is fine.

The weather that day: the “What was the weather like?” poster · The starry sky of the same night: the star map poster
  • Printed in AveyronComposed and printed in our family workshop in Aveyron, checked before it ships.
  • Printed to order250 g matte paper, pigment inks: printed in our Aveyron workshop, whatever the size.
  • Shipped within 48 hTo your door or to a pickup point, by La Poste or Colissimo.
  • Ready to giveStandard frame sizes, easy to find.

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Full description

What time did the sun rise on your wedding day? And set on the evening you met? The light of that day, drawn: the arc of the Sun across its sky, from dawn to dusk, with the horizon, the hours, and a sky painted from the Sun’s real height at every moment — midnight blue, the coral of sunrise, the gold of the golden hour, the blue of day. Underneath, the marks: sunrise, solar noon, sunset, the length of the day, the Sun’s highest point and the evening golden hour.

You give a date, a place, one or two first names and, if you like, a line. Everything is calculated for that place and that day, in local time — daylight saving included: nothing is made up, and another place gives another light. Beyond the polar circles the poster says “midnight sun” or “polar night” rather than invent a time. Four styles: Dawn, Dusk, Blueprint, Ink.

  • 250 g matte paper, pigment inks, printed to order.
  • Five sizes: A4, 30 × 40, 40 × 60, 50 × 70 and 70 × 100 cm.
  • Optional wooden frame on the A4 and 30 × 40, black, white or natural.
  • Or the print-ready file: all five sizes, each as a PDF and a 300 dpi PNG, by download link.

The poster, once printed

  • In a sunlit dining room, a couple looks at the cream sun-path poster for Rodez hanging in a black frame, shown in French.
  • Seated in a dining room, a couple holds the cream sun-path poster for Rodez in a black frame facing the camera, shown in French.
  • Poster on cream paper: “La lumière de notre jour”, “Camille & Hugo”, Rodez, 6 July 2019; an arched sky painted from the Sun’s height, midnight blue at the edges, coral and gold at sunrise and sunset, pale blue at noon, the white arc and the Sun at 68.4°; below the horizon, sunrise 6 h 12 and sunset 21 h 36, then sunrise, solar noon 13 h 54, sunset, day length 15 h 24, highest point and evening golden hour 20 h 52 – 21 h 36; “Ce soir-là, le ciel a pris nos couleurs.”, shown in the French version
  • Aubergine and amber poster: “La lumière de notre jour”, “MIA & JACK”, Sydney, 21 December 2023; a pink, orange and gold sky either side of the day, the white arc of a very high Sun at 79.6°, sunrise 5 h 41 and sunset 20 h 05 below the horizon, day length 14 h 24, golden hour 19 h 28 – 20 h 05; “Le soleil s’est couché, nous, on commençait.”, shown in the French version
  • Blueprint-blue poster: “LENA & PAUL”, Hamburg, 19 June 2021; a sky in shades of blue gridded with marks at 15° and every 6 hours, the white arc of a Sun at 59.9°, sunrise 4 h 50 and sunset 21 h 53 below the horizon, six boxes of fine-lined marks; “TOUT A COMMENCÉ À LA TOMBÉE DU JOUR.”, shown in the French version
  • Black-and-white poster: “Léa & Thomas” in bold, Paris, 21 June 2024; a grey sky from black night at the edges to pale grey at noon, the black arc of a white Sun at 64.6°, sunrise 5 h 47 and sunset 21 h 58 below the horizon, six large figures underneath; “Le jour le plus long de notre vie.”, shown in the French version

Sizes

A4 · 21 × 29.7 cm

The keepsake: a birth, the sky of one date. Everyone owns an A4 frame, and it ships flat, in a stiff card envelope.

30 × 40 cm Our favourite

The entry size, the most common frame size: IKEA, HEMA, Action.

40 × 60 cm

Bedroom and hallway décor, in 2:3 like a photograph. 40 × 60 frames at homeware or framing shops.

50 × 70 cm

The flagship living-room size, sold across the market. Shipped rolled, in a sturdy long cardboard box, home delivery only.

70 × 100 cm

The large wall size. 70 × 100 frames at IKEA (RÖDALM). Home delivery only.

Prices include tax, delivery extra.
Size Printed poster, no frame With frame
A4 · 21 × 29.7 cm€19.90€38.90
30 × 40 cm€29.90€58.90
40 × 60 cm€44.90Not offered
50 × 70 cm€49.90Not offered
70 × 100 cm€69.90Not offered
Print-at-home file: all five sizes, as a PDF and as a 300 dpi PNG€8.90

Prefer to print it yourself? All five sizes, each as a PDF and as a 300 dpi PNG — ten files, by a download link sent after payment.

How it works
  1. A place, a date

    Type the place, then “Search”: the time zone, daylight saving included, is worked out for you. The date can be past or future.

  2. First names, a style, a line

    Dawn, Dusk, Blueprint or Ink, then an optional line under the sky. The preview is exactly what will be printed.

  3. We print in Aveyron

    To order, on 250 g matte paper: in our Aveyron workshop, whatever the size, and every poster is checked there before it ships. Or you receive the download link for the file by e-mail.

Specifications
FormatsA4, 30 × 40, 40 × 60, 50 × 70 and 70 × 100 cm
PaperMatte, 250 g/m²
InksPigment-based, lightfast
Optional frameOn A4 and 30 × 40: wood, black · white · natural, with acrylic glass
File onlyAll five sizes as PDF and 300 dpi PNG, by download link
DataNOAA · OpenStreetMap
BrandDandymaps®
PersonalisationFirst names · Date · Place · Style · Short line
OccasionsWedding and wedding anniversary · Birth of a baby · Anniversary of a first meeting · Housewarming · Christmas
Gift forA couple, for their wedding or the day they met · New parents · Someone who loves sunsets · Yourself, for a day that matters
EAN code3701800801442

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Frequently asked questions
What is an original gift for a wedding, a birth or a first date, with only a date and a place?

A “The light of our day” poster: the arc of the Sun on the day and at the place you choose, in a sky painted from the Sun’s real height at every hour, with sunrise, sunset, solar noon, the length of the day, the Sun’s highest point and the evening golden hour. All it takes is a place, a date and one or two first names; it is made to order.

How do I find the time of sunset on our wedding day?

Type the place, search for it, then pick the date: the poster works out sunrise and sunset for that place and that day, in local time, daylight saving included. Galway on 16 June 2018, for example: sunrise 05:08, sunset 22:06. Another place, even on the same day, gives other times.

Are the times accurate?

They are calculated with NOAA’s astronomical equations and checked against published values for several cities: the difference is a minute, sometimes two. Sunrise and sunset are those of the Sun’s upper edge over a clear horizon, atmospheric refraction included; a hill or a building hiding the horizon will delay or advance them on the spot.

What is the golden hour on the poster?

It is the period when the Sun is less than 6° above the horizon: the low, orange light photographers wait for. That limit is a convention, and other sources use a nearby one. The poster prints the evening golden hour and also highlights the morning one on the arc.

What do “highest point” and “solar noon” mean?

Solar noon is the moment the Sun is highest in the sky; it rarely falls at 12:00, because of the time zone, daylight saving and where the place sits in its zone. The highest point is the angle of the centre of the Sun above the horizon at that moment: just over 60° in Galway in June, about 13° in December.

What happens near the pole, beyond the Arctic or Antarctic Circle?

The poster says so instead of inventing a time: “midnight sun” on days when the Sun does not set, “polar night” on days when it does not rise. The arc is drawn in full, and only the marks that exist that day are written: solar noon and the heights.

Do I need the time of the birth or of the wedding?

No. Sunrise, sunset and the length of the day depend only on the place and the date. The time is never asked for.

Does the poster show what the weather was like?

No: it shows the Sun’s path, calculated for a clear sky, not the weather. That day’s clouds are not drawn. For the temperature and the weather of the day, see the “What was the weather like?” poster.

Can I pick a future date, or a very old one?

Yes, from 1900 to 2100: a wedding can be given before the day. For an old date, the legal time of the period (wartime daylight saving, for instance) may differ from what the international time-zone database gives, which is reliable mainly since the 1970s.

Is what I see what I will receive?

Yes: the preview is built by the same editor as the print, and a “Check your poster” screen opens before the basket. The line at the bottom is printed exactly as written: you can change it or clear it.

Which sizes and frames?

A4, 30 × 40, 40 × 60, 50 × 70 and 70 × 100 cm: standard frame sizes, easy to find. Optional wooden frame on the A4 and 30 × 40, in black, white or natural, with acrylic glass; the larger sizes ship rolled, to frame at home.

What paper is the poster printed on?

250 g/m² satin matte paper, lightfast pigment inks. Printed to order in our workshop in Aveyron, whatever the size. Shipped rolled, in a sturdy long cardboard box; the A4 travels flat, in a stiff card envelope.

Can I get the file instead of the poster?

Yes. The print-ready file contains all five sizes, each as a PDF and as a 300 dpi PNG — ten files in all, by a download link sent after payment, to print wherever you like.

How long does it take?

Your poster is dispatched within 48 hours, then delivered in six to seven days to Ireland and the rest of the EU (four to five in France) — to your home or a pickup point, home delivery only for the 50 × 70 and 70 × 100. For a fixed date, allow ten days outside France. The download link for the print-ready file is sent as soon as payment is confirmed.