Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Detroit, Michigan, USA Monday 3 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 16 an hour

Best around 5:37 AM

Radiant climbs to
64°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
55% lost
Speed
59 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.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

6:27 AM

6:27 AM

5:55 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:06 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:49 PM

8:49 PM

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

8:09 PM Golden hour
8:49 PM Sunset
9:21 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

76% lit

11:00 PM – 12:52 PM

E WNW
11:00 PM Moonrise
11:22 PM 4°
5:53 AM Highest, 59°
12:30 PM 4°
12:52 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:55 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:08 AM
  • Sunrise 6:27 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:27 AM–7:06 AM
  • Moonset 11:42 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:09 PM–8:49 PM
  • Sunset 8:49 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:49 PM–9:21 PM
  • Evening best color 8:50 PM
  • Fully dark 10:43 PM–4:34 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:43 PM–11:03 PM
  • Moonrise 11:00 PM
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