New York City, USA

Sunday, December 21, 2025

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New York City, USA

Meteor shower

Ursids

Around 6 an hour

Best around 5:46 AM

Radiant climbs to
51°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
33 km/s

The rate at the top 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

From most of the Northern Hemisphere it never sets, so you can watch it all night.

Equinox or solstice

Winter solstice

The moment itself, 10:03 AM

Sunrise
7:16 AM, ESE (122°)
Sunset
4:31 PM, WSW (238°)
Daylight
9h 15m

That morning

Sunrise

7:16 AM

7:16 AM

6:45 AM Blue hour
7:16 AM Sunrise
8:00 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:31 PM

4:31 PM

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

3:48 PM Golden hour
4:31 PM Sunset
5:02 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

3% lit

8:51 AM – 5:49 PM

SE SW
8:51 AM Moonrise
9:18 AM 4°
1:20 PM Highest, 23°
5:22 PM 4°
5:49 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:45 AM–7:16 AM
  • Morning best color 7:15 AM
  • Sunrise 7:16 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:16 AM–8:00 AM
  • Moonrise 8:51 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:48 PM–4:31 PM
  • Sunset 4:31 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:31 PM–5:02 PM
  • Evening best color 4:37 PM
  • Moonset 5:50 PM
  • Fully dark 6:10 PM–5:38 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:10 PM–5:38 AM

Upcoming celestial events for New York City, USA

Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:23 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:25 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:25 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:18 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:20 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 12:26 AM Leonids Around 11 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 5:07 AM 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it