azimuth

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

Theazimuth attribute specifies the direction angle for the light source on the XY plane (clockwise), in degrees from the x axis.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

<feDistantLight>

Example

html,body,svg {  height: 100%;}

html

<svg viewBox="0 0 440 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">  <filter>    <feDiffuseLighting>      <feDistantLight azimuth="0" />    </feDiffuseLighting>  </filter>  <filter>    <feDiffuseLighting>      <feDistantLight azimuth="240" />    </feDiffuseLighting>  </filter>  <circle cx="100" cy="100" r="80" filter="url(#distantLight1)" />  <circle cx="340" cy="100" r="80" filter="url(#distantLight2)" /></svg>