Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Friday, January 2, 2026

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Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 42 an hour

Best around 5:07 AM

Radiant climbs to
55°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
50% 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

6:51 AM

6:51 AM

6:23 AM Blue hour
6:51 AM Sunrise
7:31 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 3:50 PM in the NE

3:50 PM – 7:25 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

ENE WNW
3:50 PM Moonrise
4:14 PM 4°
11:40 PM Highest, 81°
7:02 AM 4°
7:25 AM Moonset

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

Rises
3:50 PM in the NE
Exactly full
2:03 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

4:37 PM

4:37 PM

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

3:58 PM Golden hour
4:37 PM Sunset
5:06 PM Blue hour ends

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:23 AM–6:51 AM
  • Moonset 6:27 AM
  • Sunrise 6:51 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:51 AM–7:31 AM
  • Morning best color 7:01 AM
  • Moonrise 3:50 PM
  • Evening golden hour 3:58 PM–4:37 PM
  • Evening best color 4:37 PM
  • Sunset 4:37 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:37 PM–5:06 PM
  • Fully dark 6:09 PM–5:20 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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