Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Friday, May 1, 2026

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States Friday 1 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 6 an hour

Best around 4:19 AM

Radiant climbs to
20°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
33% lost
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

5:53 AM

5:53 AM

5:26 AM Blue hour
5:53 AM Sunrise
6:29 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:34 PM

7:34 PM

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

6:59 PM Golden hour
7:34 PM Sunset
8:02 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Flower Moon

Rises 7:57 PM in the ESE

7:57 PM – 6:00 AM

ESE WSW
7:57 PM Moonrise
8:20 PM 4°
12:58 AM Highest, 32°
5:37 AM 4°
6:00 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:57 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
12:24 PM
Distance
249,484 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.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:26 AM–5:53 AM
  • Moonset 5:29 AM
  • Sunrise 5:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:53 AM–6:29 AM
  • Morning best color 5:55 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:59 PM–7:34 PM
  • Evening best color 7:28 PM
  • Sunset 7:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:34 PM–8:02 PM
  • Moonrise 7:58 PM
  • Fully dark 9:10 PM–4:16 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to E, 61 deg up
Sat 10 Oct 2026 6:06 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 5:20 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 10:50 AM Milky Way Visible 7:43 PM to 8:43 PM with no moon, 16° above the south-southwestern horizon - 3 nights 10 Oct to 12 Oct
Sat 10 Oct 2026 7:43 PM Post-Tropical Cyclone Isaias Rain bands and gusts possible, passing to the southeast
Sun 11 Oct 2026 1:20 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NNE to E, 41 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 5:09 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:04 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 10:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 4.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 8:22 AM Partial solar eclipse 48.3% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 11:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 10:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 4:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 9.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 1:19 PM Total lunar eclipse 78% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 5:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 9:46 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 9:51 PM

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