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New York City, USA Monday 3 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 16 an hour

Best around 4:57 AM

Radiant climbs to
62°
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

5:54 AM

5:54 AM

5:24 AM Blue hour
5:54 AM Sunrise
6:33 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:09 PM

8:09 PM

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

7:30 PM Golden hour
8:09 PM Sunset
8:39 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

76% lit

10:25 PM – 12:12 PM

E WNW
10:25 PM Moonrise
10:46 PM 4°
5:15 AM Highest, 61°
11:49 AM 4°
12:12 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 5:24 AM–5:54 AM
  • Morning best color 5:52 AM
  • Sunrise 5:54 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:54 AM–6:33 AM
  • Moonset 11:03 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:30 PM–8:09 PM
  • Sunset 8:09 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:09 PM–8:39 PM
  • Evening best color 8:15 PM
  • Fully dark 9:58 PM–4:07 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:58 PM–10:28 PM
  • Moonrise 10:26 PM
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