Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Sunrise

8:01 AM

8:01 AM

7:29 AM Blue hour
8:01 AM Sunrise
8:46 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 4:09 PM in the NE

4:09 PM – 8:35 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

NE WNW
4:09 PM Moonrise
4:37 PM 4°
12:26 AM Highest, 75°
8:09 AM 4°
8:35 AM Moonset

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

Rises
4:09 PM in the NE
Exactly full
5:03 AM
Distance
225,151 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Sunset

5:11 PM

5:11 PM

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

4:26 PM Golden hour
5:11 PM Sunset
5:42 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 5:41 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:41 PM Dark enough
5:41 AM Best
6:31 AM Too light
Estimate
~25/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
55°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
57% lost
Speed
41 km/s

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.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:29 AM–8:01 AM
  • Moonset 7:38 AM
  • Morning best color 7:41 AM
  • Sunrise 8:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:01 AM–8:46 AM
  • Moonrise 4:10 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:26 PM–5:11 PM
  • Sunset 5:11 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:11 PM–5:42 PM
  • Evening best color 5:11 PM
  • Fully dark 6:52 PM–6:20 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Detroit, Michigan, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, NNE to E, 30 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 6:07 AM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, W to SE, 69 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:55 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:58 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:58 PM Halloween Halloween night in Detroit - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Detroit - sunset at 5:25 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:25 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