Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States Wednesday 6 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 9 an hour

Best around 4:08 AM

Radiant climbs to
21°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
39% 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

5:48 AM

5:48 AM

5:20 AM Blue hour
5:48 AM Sunrise
6:24 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:38 PM

7:38 PM

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

7:02 PM Golden hour
7:38 PM Sunset
8:06 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

79% lit

12:27 AM – 10:00 AM

SE SW
12:27 AM Moonrise
12:51 AM 4°
5:14 AM Highest, 28°
9:36 AM 4°
10:00 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:20 AM–5:48 AM
  • Sunrise 5:48 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:48 AM–6:24 AM
  • Morning best color 5:50 AM
  • Moonset 9:02 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:02 PM–7:38 PM
  • Evening best color 7:32 PM
  • Sunset 7:38 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:38 PM–8:06 PM
  • Fully dark 9:16 PM–4:09 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:16 PM–12:36 AM
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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 3:20 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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