Orlando, Florida, USA

Friday, January 3, 2031

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Orlando, Florida, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:18 AM

7:18 AM

6:52 AM Blue hour
7:18 AM Sunrise
7:53 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:41 PM

5:41 PM

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

5:06 PM Golden hour
5:41 PM Sunset
6:07 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 4:56 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:11 PM Dark enough
3:50 AM Moonset
4:56 AM Best
5:48 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
41°
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.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

79% lit

1:55 PM – 3:50 AM

ENE WNW
1:55 PM Moonrise
2:14 PM 4°
8:51 PM Highest, 81°
3:30 AM 4°
3:50 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:58 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:52 AM–7:18 AM
  • Sunrise 7:18 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:18 AM–7:53 AM
  • Morning best color 7:29 AM
  • Moonrise 1:56 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:06 PM–5:41 PM
  • Evening best color 5:31 PM
  • Sunset 5:41 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:41 PM–6:07 PM
  • Fully dark 7:05 PM–5:55 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:55 AM–5:55 AM

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