New York City, USA

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

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New York City, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:28 AM

5:28 AM

4:56 AM Blue hour
5:28 AM Sunrise
6:08 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-60

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 10:24 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
10:24 AM
Highest around 10:33 AM
Distance
918 mi
Climbs to
10°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

8:18 PM

8:18 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

7:37 PM Golden hour
8:18 PM Sunset
8:50 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 11:08 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
11:08 PM to 12:58 AM
Where to look
South-southeastern horizon, up to 18° above it
Highest at
12:58 AM
Sky fully dark
10:18 PM to 3:27 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.

Moon

Waning gibbous

73% lit

1:07 AM – 11:16 AM

ESE WSW
1:07 AM Moonrise
1:31 AM 4°
6:11 AM Highest, 31°
10:52 AM 4°
11:16 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:33 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:56 AM–5:28 AM
  • Sunrise 5:28 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:28 AM–6:08 AM
  • Morning best color 5:37 AM
  • Moonset 10:01 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:37 PM–8:18 PM
  • Evening best color 8:07 PM
  • Sunset 8:18 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:18 PM–8:50 PM
  • Fully dark 10:18 PM–3:27 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:18 PM–1:08 AM

Upcoming celestial events for New York City, USA

Veterans Day Veterans Day in New York City - sunset at 4:41 PM
Wed 11 Nov 2026 4:41 PM International Space Station Bright pass, WSW to WSW, 39 deg up
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:44 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:11 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:11 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Long shot, look SSW
Fri 13 Nov 2026 12:54 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 10:02 AM Partial solar eclipse 40.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:50 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 86% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.7% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:47 PM Total lunar eclipse 54% 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 Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 50.2% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:26 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it