Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Detroit, Michigan, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:47 AM

7:47 AM

7:18 AM Blue hour
7:47 AM Sunrise
8:25 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:48 PM

6:48 PM

Behind the hills at 6:45 PM, 3 min before sunset

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

6:09 PM Golden hour
6:48 PM Sunset
7:16 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 5:33 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:18 PM Dark enough
5:33 AM Best
6:18 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
63°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
51% lost
Speed
66 km/s

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Supermoon - rises 6:21 PM in the E

6:21 PM – 7:56 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

E WNW
6:21 PM Moonrise
6:42 PM 4°
1:04 AM Highest, 57°
7:34 AM 4°
7:56 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:21 PM in the E
Exactly full
7:29 AM
Distance
221,760 mi - supermoon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:35 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:18 AM–7:47 AM
  • Sunrise 7:47 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:47 AM–8:25 AM
  • Morning best color 8:06 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:09 PM–6:48 PM
  • Moonrise 6:21 PM
  • Evening best color 6:47 PM
  • Sunset 6:48 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:48 PM–7:16 PM
  • Fully dark 8:21 PM–6:14 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Detroit, Michigan, USA

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Detroit - sunset at 5:25 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:25 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to ESE, 56 deg up
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:32 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:55 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:55 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Detroit - sunset at 5:24 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:24 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:51 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:43 AM Partial solar eclipse 53.6% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:35 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 70% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.3% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:10 PM Partial solar eclipse 7.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:32 PM Total lunar eclipse 73% 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 Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 61.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:11 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it