Behind the mountains at 8:55 PM, 63 min before sunset
Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.
8:29 PMGolden hour
9:58 PMSunset
11:37 PMBlue hour ends
Meteor shower
Perseids
Best around
1:58 AM
Very LowExcellent
11:28 PMDark enough
1:58 AMBest
2:53 AMToo light
Estimate
~40/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
57°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
37% lost
Speed
59 km/s
Where they come from: Comet Swift-Tuttle (109P/Swift-Tuttle)
Dust from Comet Swift-Tuttle, which takes 133 years to go round the Sun and was last here in 1992. At 26 km across it is the largest object known to pass this close to Earth again and again.
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.
The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.
Moon
Waning gibbous
70% lit
8:58 PM –
1:52 PM
ENEWNW
8:58 PMMoonrise
9:43 PM4°
5:07 AMHighest, 34°
12:56 PM4°
1:52 PMMoonset
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
Timetable
Morning blue hour2:37 AM–4:19 AM
Sunrise4:19 AM
Morning golden hour4:19 AM–5:49 AM
Morning best color5:06 AM
Moonset1:52 PM
Moonrise8:28 PM
Evening golden hour8:29 PM–9:58 PM
Evening best color8:53 PM
Sunset9:58 PM
Evening blue hour9:58 PM–11:37 PM
Fully darkNot tonight
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