Michigan Stadium Sun & Seat Data

Michigan Stadium Section 12

South side, end zone. Seats face bearing 359.0°.

View from Michigan Stadium Section 12, middle row, rendered from USGS lidar
View from the middle of Section 12, about row 50. Rendered from the lidar surface, not a photo.

Geometry

Rows (modelled)102 (A, B, then 1 to 100)
Front row to midfield207 ft (63.0 m)
Top row to midfield393 ft (119.7 m)
Top row eye height above field84 ft
Viewing angle down to midfieldfront 2.7°, middle 7.4°, top 12.1°

Row by row

RowTo midfieldEye heightAngle down
A207 ft10 ft2.7°
4216 ft11 ft2.9°
9225 ft13 ft3.4°
14234 ft15 ft3.8°
19243 ft20 ft4.8°
24253 ft21 ft4.8°
29262 ft24 ft5.2°
34271 ft27 ft5.7°
39281 ft30 ft6.0°
44290 ft33 ft6.5°
49299 ft36 ft7.0°
54308 ft40 ft7.5°
59317 ft45 ft8.0°
64326 ft47 ft8.2°
69336 ft51 ft8.6°
74345 ft58 ft9.6°
79354 ft59 ft9.5°
84363 ft65 ft10.1°
89372 ft71 ft10.7°
94382 ft74 ft11.0°
99391 ft80 ft11.5°
100393 ft84 ft12.1°

Sun and shade, 2026 home games

Game12:00 pm3:30 pm7:30 pm
Penn State
2026-10-17
70 min sun
shade not during the game
87 min sun
shade 5:20 pm
0 min sun
shade at kickoff
Indiana
2026-10-24
53 min sun
shade not during the game
69 min sun
shade 5:00 pm
0 min sun
shade at kickoff
Michigan State
2026-11-07
63 min sun
shade 3:20 pm
0 min sun
shade at kickoff
0 min sun
shade at kickoff
UCLA
2026-11-21
32 min sun
shade at kickoff
0 min sun
shade at kickoff
0 min sun
shade at kickoff

Penn State, 3:30 pm kickoff, by row band: front third 108 min of sun, middle 109 min, back 44 min.

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