New York City, USA

Thursday, August 15, 2024

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New York City, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:07 AM

6:07 AM

5:37 AM Blue hour
6:07 AM Sunrise
6:44 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | WorldView Legion 3 & 4

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 9:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
9:00 AM
Highest around 9:09 AM
Distance
918 mi
Climbs to
11°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Land - Landing Zone 1

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

7:53 PM

7:53 PM

Behind the hills at 7:50 PM, 3 min before sunset

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

7:16 PM Golden hour
7:53 PM Sunset
8:22 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 3:38 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:23 PM Dark enough
1:54 AM Moonset
3:38 AM Best
4:38 AM Too light
Estimate
~53/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
56°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
59 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Swift-Tuttle (109P/Swift-Tuttle)

Dust from Comet Swift-Tuttle, which takes 133 years to go round the Sun and was last here in 1992. At 26 km across it is the largest object known to pass this close to Earth again and again.

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.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

79% lit

5:18 PM – 1:54 AM

SE SW
5:18 PM Moonrise
5:46 PM 4°
9:36 PM Highest, 21°
1:26 AM 4°
1:54 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:56 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:37 AM–6:07 AM
  • Sunrise 6:07 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:07 AM–6:44 AM
  • Morning best color 6:15 AM
  • Moonrise 5:18 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:16 PM–7:53 PM
  • Evening best color 7:43 PM
  • Sunset 7:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:53 PM–8:22 PM
  • Fully dark 9:36 PM–4:25 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:56 AM–4:25 AM

Upcoming celestial events for New York City, USA

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:20 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:20 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:18 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:20 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Veterans Day Veterans Day in New York City - sunset at 4:41 PM Wed 11 Nov 2026 4:41 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:11 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 10:02 AM Partial solar eclipse 40.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:50 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 86% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.7% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:47 PM Total lunar eclipse 54% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 50.2% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:26 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it