Los Angeles, California, United States

Thursday, April 17, 2025

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Los Angeles, California, United States

That morning

Sunrise

6:18 AM

6:18 AM

5:52 AM Blue hour
6:18 AM Sunrise
6:52 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:26 PM

7:26 PM

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

6:52 PM Golden hour
7:26 PM Sunset
7:51 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 3:56 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:56 PM Dark enough
12:17 AM Moonrise
3:56 AM Best
4:47 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
74°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
39% lost
Speed
49 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.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Moon

Waning gibbous

81% lit

12:17 AM – 9:43 AM

SE SW
12:17 AM Moonrise
12:41 AM 4°
5:00 AM Highest, 27°
9:18 AM 4°
9:43 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 5:52 AM–6:18 AM
  • Sunrise 6:18 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:18 AM–6:52 AM
  • Morning best color 6:31 AM
  • Moonset 8:52 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:52 PM–7:26 PM
  • Sunset 7:26 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:26 PM–7:51 PM
  • Evening best color 7:40 PM
  • Fully dark 8:54 PM–4:48 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:54 PM–12:24 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Los Angeles, California, United States

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A No date yet - NET Q4 2026 Sun 1 Nov 2026 Orionids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 25 Oct 2026 7:37 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Marginal, look WNW
Mon 26 Oct 2026 9:45 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Marginal, look WNW
Thu 29 Oct 2026 9:02 PM Halloween Halloween night in Los Angeles - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Los Angeles - sunset at 5:00 PM Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:00 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 8:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 51.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:21 AM Total lunar eclipse 59% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 2.6% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:38 PM Partial solar eclipse 26% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:21 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.3% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:41 AM Partial solar eclipse 79.6% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:08 PM Partial solar eclipse 79.5% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:21 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it