Detroit, Michigan, USA

Wednesday, January 2, 2030

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Detroit, Michigan, USA

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
~69/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
55°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
No interference
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

8:01 AM

8:01 AM

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

Sunset

5:11 PM

5:11 PM

Behind the hills at 5:08 PM, 3 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

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

Moon

Waning crescent

3% lit

6:34 AM – 3:49 PM

SE SW
6:34 AM Moonrise
7:01 AM 4°
11:12 AM Highest, 24°
3:23 PM 4°
3:49 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 6:35 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:29 AM–8:01 AM
  • Sunrise 8:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:01 AM–8:46 AM
  • Morning best color 8:21 AM
  • Moonset 3:50 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:26 PM–5:11 PM
  • Evening best color 5:10 PM
  • Sunset 5:11 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:11 PM–5:42 PM
  • Fully dark 6:52 PM–6:20 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:52 PM–6:20 AM

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