Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

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Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
High 77°F, low 63°F.

Active volcano

Fuego, often active

Likely by day and glowing after dark (99%), 14° up in the WSW

Watch from 6:10 PM

Look
WSW, 12 mi away
Chance today
99% (estimate)
Usually
Explosions every few minutes to hours, lava down the flanks at times
Erupting, past year
365 of 365 days
Last erupting
Today
Ash plume
14° up, to 15,627 ft
Lava glow
After dark, summit 11° up
Vent
Summit crater, 12,346 ft
Based on
Smithsonian

An estimate: Fuego usually shows explosions every few minutes to hours, lava down the flanks at times. It has erupted every day of the past year. Eruption record to 31 Mar 2026.

Earlier today

Sunrise

Good

5:54 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
66%around 9 AM
Rain chance
0%around 9 AM
Humidity
77%
Wind
7 mph
5:32 AM Blue hour
5:39 AM Best color
5:54 AM Sunrise
6:23 AM Golden hour ends

Current local time: 6:10 PM

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 21 past sunrises rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Active, around 7 an hour

Best around 4:12 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
83°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

The rate at the top 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Modest pass, SSW to SSE

Rises 6:52 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Rising, then up to SSE
When
6:52 PM
until 6:54 PM
Visible for
1m 30s
Highest
20° SSE
Ends
Fades at 20°

It will not set - it flies into the Earth's shadow and fades out in a few seconds.

Sunset

Very Low

5:42 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
100%around 7 PM
Rain chance
100%around 7 PM
Humidity
88%
Wind
5 mph
5:13 PM Golden hour
5:42 PM Sunset
5:57 PM Best color
6:03 PM Blue hour ends

Current local time: 6:10 PM

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 19 past sunsets rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Moon, up now

Waxing crescent

32% lit

11:02 AM – 10:23 PM

ESE WSW
11:02 AM Moonrise
11:22 AM 4°
4:42 PM Highest, 48°
10:04 PM 4°
10:23 PM Moonset

Current local time: 6:10 PM

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

Weather forecast

Morning 9 AM 72°F Partly cloudy
66% 0% 77% 7 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 73°F Thunderstorm
100% 100% 76% 4 mph
Evening 7 PM 70°F Thunderstorm
100% 100% 88% 5 mph
Late Night 11 PM 68°F Overcast
100% 31% 83% 6 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:32 AM–5:54 AM
  • Morning best color 5:39 AM
  • Sunrise 5:54 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:54 AM–6:23 AM
  • Moonrise 11:03 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:13 PM–5:42 PM
  • Sunset 5:42 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:42 PM–6:03 PM
  • Evening best color 5:57 PM
  • Fully dark 6:53 PM–4:43 AM
  • Moonset 10:23 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:23 PM–4:43 AM

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