Paris, Île-de-France Region, France

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Paris, Île-de-France Region, France

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 6:20 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:35 PM Dark enough
7:29 PM Moonrise
6:20 AM Best
7:13 AM Too light
Estimate
~27/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
61°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
66% lost
Speed
41 km/s

Where they come from: Asteroid 2003 EH1

Dust from 2003 EH1, a small asteroid that is probably a burnt-out comet. Earth crosses its thin, young stream at a steep angle, which is why the peak lasts only hours.

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.

That morning

Sunrise

8:43 AM

8:43 AM

Clears the hills at 8:46 AM, 3 min after sunrise

8:07 AM Blue hour
8:43 AM Sunrise
9:38 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:05 PM

5:05 PM

Behind the hills at 4:47 PM, 18 min before sunset

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

4:11 PM Golden hour
5:05 PM Sunset
5:42 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

96% lit

7:29 PM – 10:14 AM

ENE WNW
7:29 PM Moonrise
7:56 PM 4°
2:57 AM Highest, 55°
9:49 AM 4°
10:14 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 8:07 AM–8:43 AM
  • Sunrise 8:43 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:43 AM–9:38 AM
  • Morning best color 8:55 AM
  • Moonset 9:48 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:11 PM–5:05 PM
  • Evening best color 4:47 PM
  • Sunset 5:05 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:05 PM–5:42 PM
  • Fully dark 7:00 PM–6:48 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:00 PM–7:30 PM
  • Moonrise 7:30 PM

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