Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

That morning

Sunrise

6:58 AM

6:58 AM

6:29 AM Blue hour
6:58 AM Sunrise
7:37 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:43 PM

4:43 PM

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

4:04 PM Golden hour
4:43 PM Sunset
5:12 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 4:28 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:13 PM Dark enough
11:07 PM Moonrise
4:28 AM Best
5:28 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
48°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
45% lost
Speed
41 km/s

Where they come from: Asteroid 2003 EH1

Dust from 2003 EH1, a small asteroid that is probably a burnt-out comet. Earth crosses its thin, young stream at a steep angle, which is why the peak lasts only hours.

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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

Moon

Waning gibbous

63% lit

11:07 PM – 11:20 AM

E W
11:07 PM Moonrise
11:26 PM 4°
5:15 AM Highest, 53°
11:01 AM 4°
11:20 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:29 AM–6:58 AM
  • Sunrise 6:58 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:58 AM–7:37 AM
  • Morning best color 7:20 AM
  • Moonset 10:58 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:04 PM–4:43 PM
  • Evening best color 4:42 PM
  • Sunset 4:43 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:43 PM–5:12 PM
  • Fully dark 6:15 PM–5:26 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:15 PM–11:15 PM
  • Moonrise 11:07 PM

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