New York City, USA

Friday, May 1, 2026

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That morning

Sunrise

5:54 AM

5:54 AM

5:24 AM Blue hour
5:54 AM Sunrise
6:32 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-38

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 2:06 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
2:06 PM
Highest around 2:15 PM
Distance
918 mi
Climbs to
17°
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

7:51 PM

7:51 PM

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

7:14 PM Golden hour
7:51 PM Sunset
8:21 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 4:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:21 PM Dark enough
4:23 AM Best 4:21 AM, then too light
Estimate
~5/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
17°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
28% lost
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Full moon

Full Flower Moon

Rises 8:16 PM in the ESE

8:16 PM – 5:54 AM

Named for the flowers that bloom everywhere in May.

ESE SW
8:16 PM Moonrise
8:41 PM 4°
1:05 AM Highest, 28°
5:29 AM 4°
5:54 AM Moonset

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

Rises
8:16 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
1:24 PM
Distance
249,484 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.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:24 AM–5:54 AM
  • Moonset 5:26 AM
  • Sunrise 5:54 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:54 AM–6:32 AM
  • Morning best color 6:03 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:14 PM–7:51 PM
  • Sunset 7:51 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:51 PM–8:21 PM
  • Evening best color 8:02 PM
  • Moonrise 8:16 PM
  • Fully dark 9:37 PM–4:07 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for New York City, USA

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Sun 25 Oct 2026 8:06 PM Halloween Halloween night in New York City - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in New York City - sunset at 4:52 PM Sun 1 Nov 2026 4:52 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in New York City - sunset at 4:51 PM Mon 2 Nov 2026 4:51 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