Flat Earth Sun Simulator v303 · 3D + ANALYSIS

Same latitude, same date, same clock. The amber sun obeys the flat-earth model. The cyan sun is real spherical-earth astronomy. Watch which one sets.

The flat-earth model in 3D

drag to orbit · scroll or pinch to zoom
Observer Solar time Date Sun alt Dist to sun Sun elev Lowest today ☀ never sets
Local sun Moon (12h opposite) Observer, head tracking the sun Sun & moon enlarged for visibility; positions, altitude and orbit to scale

Sky Track — where the sun actually is

azimuth × elevation · full day
Flat-model sun path Flat sun now Real sun path Real sun now Real sun below geometric horizon

Overhead — flat-earth disk

the model's own geometry
Sun Moon Observer

Angular size across the day

measurable with a pinhole
Flat sun (swings) Real sun (flat line)
Right now, at this location

Flat model sun
elevation
Real sun
elevation
Elevation error
Flat min elevation today
Real sunrise
Real sunset
Flat rise / set
Flat irradiance now
Flat size swing / day
Real size swing (daily ≈1×)
"But perspective makes it set!" — why that fails
Perspective compresses objects toward a vanishing point on the horizon line, and that line is at eye level, dead ahead. A light 3,000 miles up can approach that line but its geometry never carries it below the flat plane you stand on — there is no angle at which a lamp above the floor sinks beneath the floor. Perspective would also shrink the sun to a vanishing dot as it receded, yet the setting sun keeps its full disk right down to the horizon and reddens rather than shrinking. The amber path above is the honest result: under the flat model the sun remains geometrically above the horizon throughout the entire 24-hour cycle, dimming but never setting.
Real sun uses standard solar-position astronomy (declination, hour angle) for a spherical Earth; real angular size uses the mean solar disk with its small annual eccentricity variation. Numeric readouts drive the analysis; canvas placement, size, and glow are illustrative and flagged in code.