Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Detroit, Michigan, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:41 AM

6:41 AM

6:12 AM Blue hour
6:41 AM Sunrise
7:19 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:19 PM

8:19 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

7:41 PM Golden hour
8:19 PM Sunset
8:49 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 4:19 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:49 PM Dark enough
10:25 PM Moonset
4:19 AM Best
5:10 AM Too light
Estimate
~14/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
73°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
49 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1)

Dust from Comet Thatcher, which comes round about every 415 years and was last near the Sun in 1861. Chinese astronomers recorded the Lyrids in 687 BC, the oldest shower on record.

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 2:14 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
2:14 AM to 4:55 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 19° above it
Highest at
4:54 AM
Sky fully dark
10:04 PM to 4:55 AM
Sky darkness
None
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Event

Eid al-Fitr

Islamic holiday

Eid al-Fitr in Detroit - sunset at 8:20 PM

Evening from 8:20 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
8:20 PM
Sun toward W
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
4% lit
Up from the start
Where the Moon is
W, 26° up
at 7:50 PM

Eid al-Fitr, the festival of breaking the fast, ends Ramadan on the first day of Shawwal, when the new crescent is seen - so it can differ by a day between countries. It begins with special morning prayers and is a day of new clothes, family visits, sweets and gifts, once zakat al-fitr, a gift to the poor, has been given.

Moon

Waxing crescent

3% lit

7:24 AM – 10:25 PM

ENE WNW
7:24 AM Moonrise
7:47 AM 4°
2:50 PM Highest, 67°
10:01 PM 4°
10:25 PM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:12 AM–6:41 AM
  • Sunrise 6:41 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:41 AM–7:19 AM
  • Morning best color 7:01 AM
  • Moonrise 7:25 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:41 PM–8:19 PM
  • Evening best color 8:19 PM
  • Sunset 8:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:19 PM–8:49 PM
  • Fully dark 10:04 PM–4:55 AM
  • Moonset 10:26 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:34 PM–4:55 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Detroit, Michigan, USA

International Space Station Bright pass, W to N, 33 deg up
Sun 15 Nov 2026 6:46 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 6:40 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 6:40 PM Leonids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 6:40 PM International Space Station Bright pass, WSW to NE, 49 deg up
Mon 16 Nov 2026 5:57 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:39 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:43 AM Partial solar eclipse 53.6% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:35 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 70% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.3% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:10 PM Partial solar eclipse 7.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:32 PM Total lunar eclipse 73% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 61.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:11 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it