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Simply Daylight

· v1.6.0.h
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This widget provides an easy way to see the times of the next sunrise, sunset & solar noon. When I published a simple altitude widget (https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/a62e9023-0f2e-42c1-80e2-0cb12df2b6d1) a user suggested that displaying sunrise and sunset in a large font would also be useful. This widget does that. Thanks for the suggestion @Guido Goldfisch! When first displayed the widget shows the time of the next “sun event” – sunrise/sunset or civil twilight. Pressing Select causes it to cycle between them. Press Menu to show the time of the next solar noon (i.e. when the sun is at its highest.) Press Menu again to go back to showing sunrise & sunset. Use the settings page to choose whether to show the times of sunrise/sunset or of civil twilight. Civil twilight times are labelled as Dawn & Dusk. GPS NOTES The widget needs to know its position in order to calculate the time of sunrise & sunset. If it does not have an adequate GPS signal it uses the last good position it knows about. • Normal mode If the position is not up to date the widget continues to look for a better GPS fix and the time is shown in grey. • Widget Glances mode In Glances mode the widget just displays the time of the next "sun event" (sunrise or sunset). No user interaction is possible. The time is normally shown in blue. As above, if the position is not current the time is shown in grey. Acknowledgements The calculation depends on time and location, I have taken it from the excellent code by Harald Hoyer. He wrote it for his SunCalc widget (https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/87b86650-a443-43ea-9dcb-29e4051a5722) that shows sunrise, sunset and much more - take a look. The widget was created for my personal use – it's shared for anyone who would like to try it. Icon design is by Nikita Golubev (https://www.flaticon.com/authors/nikita-golubev) from https://www.flaticon.com and licensed by CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0). The widget has been tested on my vívoactive® HR, a fēnix 5 and on other devices in the simulator. Please contact me if you have any problems, comments or requests. Don't forget to include your email address if you would like a reply.

What's new

Rebuilt using SDK 9.1.0 with support for latest devices. (Version 1.6.0.h) Rebuilt using SDK 9.1.0 with support for latest devices. (Version 1.6.0.g) Attempt to fix occasional bug. Rebuilt using SDK 9.1.0 (Version 1.6.0.f1) Rebuilt using SDK 8.3.0 with support for latest devices. (Version 1.6.0.e) Rebuilt using SDK 8.2.3 with support for latest devices. (Version 1.6.0.d) Rebuilt using SDK 8.2.1 with support for latest devices. (Version 1.6.0.c) Rebuilt using SDK 8.1.1 with support for latest devices. (Version 1.6.0.b) Rebuilt using SDK 8.1.1 with support for latest devices. (Version 1.6.0.a) Added option to show Civil Twilight times. Built using SDK 7.3.1. (Version 1.6.0) Rebuilt using SDK 7.3.1 with support for latest devices. (Version 1.5.4) Tweaked GPS code. Added new devices. Built using SDK 4.2.4. (Version 1.5.3) Fixed crash affecting older devices. (Version 1.5.2) Tweaked display. Built using SDK 4.2.1. (Version 1.5.1) Reworked GPS code to save the last good position. Built using SDK 4.2.1. (Version 1.5.0) Rebuilt using SDK 4.1.6 with support for latest devices. (Version 1.4.1) Rebuilt using SDK 4.1.4 with support for latest devices. (Version 1.4.0.c) Rebuilt using SDK 4.1.2 with support for D2 Mach 1. (Version 1.4.0.b) Rebuilt using SDK 4.0.10 with support for latest devices. (Version 1.4.0.av) Added solar noon. Rebuilt with SDK 3.2.3. (Version 1.4.0) Added support for D2 Air. (Version 1.3.1.d) Added support for Venu Sq. & Music (Version 1.3.1.c) Rebuilt for latest devices with SDK 3.2.2. (Version 1.3.1.b) Rebuilt for latest devices with SDK 3.1.9. (Version 1.3.1.a) Rebuilt for latest devices with SDK 3.1.8. Show time in grey when accuracy is “Last known”. (Version 1.3.1) Rebuilt for latest devices with SDK 3.1.7. (Version 1.3.0.a) Rebuilt with SDK 3.1.4. Added fēnix 6 Widget Glances mode display (Version 1.3.0) Rebuilt with SDK 3.1.3. Added support for new models including fēnix 6 series, Venu and vívoactive 4 (Version 1.2.0) Corrected and simplified today/tomorrow calculation. Rebuilt with SDK 3.0.12 (Version 1.1.0) Rebuilt with SDK 3.0.11 Support new models. Added support for MARQ Collection (Version 1.0.0.b)

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Updated Jun 1, 2026
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