Port Resolution, Tanna, Vanuatu

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Port Resolution, Tanna, Vanuatu
High 77°F, low 71°F.

Active volcano

Yasur, often active

Activity likely by day (99%), 9° up in the W

Watch from 11:10 AM

Look
W, 4 mi away
Chance today
99% (estimate)
Usually
Explosions every few minutes
Erupting, past year
365 of 365 days
Last erupting
Today
Ash plume
9° up, to 2,825 ft
Vent
Summit crater, 1,184 ft
Based on
Smithsonian, NASA

An estimate: Yasur usually shows explosions every few minutes. It was hot at its summit 46 hours ago. It has erupted every day of the past year. Eruption record to 31 Mar 2026.

Sunset

Low

5:44 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
75%around 7 PM
Rain chance
81%around 7 PM
Humidity
85%
Wind
15 mph
5:15 PM Golden hour
5:44 PM Sunset
6:00 PM Best color
6:06 PM Blue hour ends

Current local time: 11:10 AM

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

Meteor shower

Orionids

Active, around 6 an hour

Best around 3:29 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
53°
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.

Earlier today

Sunrise

Fair

5:11 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
61%around 9 AM
Rain chance
18%around 9 AM
Humidity
69%
Wind
12 mph
4:48 AM Blue hour
4:56 AM Best color
5:11 AM Sunrise
5:40 AM Golden hour ends

Current local time: 11:10 AM

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

Moon, up now

Waxing crescent

35% lit

9:39 AM – 11:30 PM

ESE WSW
9:39 AM Moonrise
9:59 AM 4°
4:36 PM Highest, 82°
11:10 PM 4°
11:30 PM Moonset

Current local time: 11:10 AM

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

Weather forecast

Morning 9 AM 75°F Partly cloudy
61% 18% 69% 12 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 75°F Overcast
72% 92% 74% 14 mph
Evening 7 PM 72°F Overcast
75% 81% 85% 15 mph
Late Night 11 PM 72°F Partly cloudy
51% 76% 74% 16 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 4:48 AM–5:11 AM
  • Morning best color 4:56 AM
  • Sunrise 5:11 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:11 AM–5:40 AM
  • Moonrise 9:40 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:15 PM–5:44 PM
  • Sunset 5:44 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:44 PM–6:06 PM
  • Evening best color 6:00 PM
  • Fully dark 6:59 PM–3:54 AM
  • Moonset 11:30 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:39 PM–3:54 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Port Resolution, Tanna, Vanuatu

Orionids Around 15 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 3:30 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:50 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 5:50 PM Milky Way Visible 7:07 PM to 8:47 PM with no moon, 30° above the west-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 1 Nov to 10 Nov
Sun 1 Nov 2026 7:07 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 12:07 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:20 PM to 3:30 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 6:01 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 12:10 AM Partial lunar eclipse 93% of it above your horizon
Thu 6 Jul 2028 5:20 AM Partial solar eclipse 22.3% of the Sun covered
Sat 22 Jul 2028 3:17 PM Total lunar eclipse 90% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 3:51 AM Partial lunar eclipse 83% of it above your horizon
Sat 15 Jun 2030 5:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 2:13 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Sat 8 Oct 2033 9:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 20.8% of the Sun covered
Fri 9 Mar 2035 8:48 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it