Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Friday, January 2, 2026

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 38 an hour

Best around 5:59 AM

Radiant climbs to
60°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
42% 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

7:29 AM

7:29 AM

6:59 AM Blue hour
7:29 AM Sunrise
8:11 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 4:00 PM in the NE

4:00 PM – 8:00 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

ENE WNW
4:00 PM Moonrise
4:26 PM 4°
12:03 AM Highest, 78°
7:35 AM 4°
8:00 AM Moonset

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

Rises
4:00 PM in the NE
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

4:59 PM

4:59 PM

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

4:17 PM Golden hour
4:59 PM Sunset
5:29 PM Blue hour ends

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:59 AM–7:29 AM
  • Moonset 7:01 AM
  • Morning best color 7:09 AM
  • Sunrise 7:29 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:29 AM–8:11 AM
  • Moonrise 4:01 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:17 PM–4:59 PM
  • Evening best color 4:52 PM
  • Sunset 4:59 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:59 PM–5:29 PM
  • Fully dark 6:34 PM–5:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

International Space Station Bright pass, SSW to ENE, 57 deg up
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Mon 19 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:24 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:43 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:43 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:36 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:50 AM Partial solar eclipse 42.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:43 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 61% 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