New York City, USA

Friday, July 4, 2025

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New York City, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:30 AM

5:30 AM

4:57 AM Blue hour
5:30 AM Sunrise
6:11 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:30 PM

8:30 PM

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

7:49 PM Golden hour
8:30 PM Sunset
9:03 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 1:24 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
1:24 AM to 2:54 AM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 17° above it
Highest at
1:24 AM
Sky fully dark
10:34 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.

Event

Independence Day

US holiday

The Fourth of July in New York City - sunset at 8:30 PM, then fireworks

Fireworks from 9:15 PM

Fireworks sky: not known yet

Sunset
8:30 PM
Cloud at 9 PM
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
9 to 11 PM
Moon
71% lit
Up from the start
Where the Moon is
S, 32° up
at 8:15 PM

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing that the thirteen American colonies were free of British rule. John Adams wrote that the day should be celebrated with "Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other" - and fireworks have marked the Fourth since its first anniversary, in Philadelphia in 1777.

It has been a federal holiday since 1870.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

67% lit

3:07 PM – 1:19 AM

ESE WSW
3:07 PM Moonrise
3:31 PM 4°
8:13 PM Highest, 32°
12:56 AM 4°
1:19 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:56 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:57 AM–5:30 AM
  • Sunrise 5:30 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:30 AM–6:11 AM
  • Morning best color 5:39 AM
  • Moonrise 3:08 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:49 PM–8:30 PM
  • Evening best color 8:20 PM
  • Sunset 8:30 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:30 PM–9:03 PM
  • Fully dark 10:34 PM–3:27 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:24 AM–3:27 AM

Upcoming celestial events for New York City, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, W to SSE, 21 deg up
Thu 5 Nov 2026 5:48 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:17 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:17 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WSW to S, 13 deg up
Sat 7 Nov 2026 5:26 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:20 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Veterans Day Veterans Day in New York City - sunset at 4:41 PM Wed 11 Nov 2026 4:41 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