Detroit, Michigan, USA

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

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Detroit, Michigan, USA Tuesday 4 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 22 an hour

Best around 5:36 AM

Radiant climbs to
64°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
46% 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

6:28 AM

6:28 AM

5:56 AM Blue hour
6:28 AM Sunrise
7:07 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:48 PM

8:48 PM

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

8:08 PM Golden hour
8:48 PM Sunset
9:19 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

66% 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 5:56 AM–6:28 AM
  • Morning best color 6:09 AM
  • Sunrise 6:28 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:28 AM–7:07 AM
  • Moonset 12:53 PM
  • Evening golden hour 8:08 PM–8:48 PM
  • Sunset 8:48 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:48 PM–9:19 PM
  • Evening best color 8:48 PM
  • Fully dark 10:41 PM–4:36 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:41 PM–11:31 PM
  • Moonrise 11:25 PM
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