Orlando, Florida, USA

Friday, January 2, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA
High 562°F, low 539°F.

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 28 an hour

Best around 5:40 AM

Radiant climbs to
48°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
47% lost
Speed
41 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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

That morning

Sunrise

7:18 AM

7:18 AM

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

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 4:53 PM in the ENE

4:53 PM – 7:41 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

ENE WNW
4:53 PM Moonrise
5:15 PM 4°
12:19 AM Highest, 89°
7:20 AM 4°
7:41 AM Moonset

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

Rises
4:53 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
5:03 AM
Distance
225,151 mi

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.

Sunset

5:40 PM

5:40 PM

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

5:05 PM Golden hour
5:40 PM Sunset
6:06 PM Blue hour ends

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 550°F Clear sky
0% dry 88% 5 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 561°F Clear sky
0% dry 57% 8 mph
Evening 7 PM 553°F Clear sky
0% dry 76% 6 mph

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:40 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:52 AM–7:18 AM
  • Morning best color 7:13 AM
  • Sunrise 7:18 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:18 AM–7:53 AM
  • Moonrise 4:53 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:05 PM–5:40 PM
  • Sunset 5:40 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:40 PM–6:06 PM
  • Evening best color 5:49 PM
  • Fully dark 7:04 PM–5:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, E to E, 21 deg up
Thu 15 Oct 2026 5:29 AM International Space Station Modest pass, WNW to NNE, 25 deg up
Thu 15 Oct 2026 6:36 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 Good, look E
Mon 19 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:50 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:16 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:16 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Good, look E
Wed 28 Oct 2026 8:00 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 12.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:18 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 29.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:31 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% 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