Tampa, Florida, United States

Friday, January 2, 2026

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 28 an hour

Best around 5:46 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

7:21 AM

7:21 AM

6:55 AM Blue hour
7:21 AM Sunrise
7:56 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 5:00 PM in the ENE

5:00 PM – 7:44 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

ENE WNW
5:00 PM Moonrise
5:21 PM 4°
12:23 AM Highest, 90°
7:23 AM 4°
7:44 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:00 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

5:46 PM

5:46 PM

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

5:11 PM Golden hour
5:46 PM Sunset
6:12 PM Best color, then blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 7 well-rated past sunsets here.

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:43 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:55 AM–7:21 AM
  • Sunrise 7:21 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:21 AM–7:56 AM
  • Morning best color 7:38 AM
  • Moonrise 5:00 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:11 PM–5:46 PM
  • Sunset 5:46 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:46 PM–6:12 PM
  • Evening best color 6:09 PM
  • Fully dark 7:09 PM–5:58 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Tampa, Florida, United States

International Space Station Modest pass, NNE to NNE, 23 deg up
Fri 16 Oct 2026 5:51 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, S to SE, 42 deg up
Fri 16 Oct 2026 6:06 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 Marginal, space jellyfish NE
Mon 19 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:55 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:21 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:21 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Fair, look ENE
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 13.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:15 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.7% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:22 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 30.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:34 PM Total lunar eclipse 68% 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