Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:01 AM

6:01 AM

5:31 AM Blue hour
6:01 AM Sunrise
6:38 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:14 PM

8:14 PM

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

7:37 PM Golden hour
8:14 PM Sunset
8:44 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 14 an hour

Best around 4:29 AM

From 9:44 PM to 4:32 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
53°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
14% 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom.

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

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Active, around 11 an hour

Best around 3:14 AM

From 9:44 PM to 4:32 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
36°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
9% lost
Speed
41 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom.

Stays near its best for several nights, not just one.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Good viewing

Visible from 9:59 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:59 PM to 1:19 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 23° above it
Highest at
10:19 PM
Sky fully dark
9:59 PM to 4:17 AM
Sky darkness
Fair
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waning crescent

29% lit

12:38 AM – 3:58 PM

ENE WNW
12:38 AM Moonrise
1:01 AM 4°
8:15 AM Highest, 77°
3:34 PM 4°
3:58 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:38 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:31 AM–6:01 AM
  • Morning best color 5:43 AM
  • Sunrise 6:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:01 AM–6:38 AM
  • Moonset 3:59 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:37 PM–8:14 PM
  • Evening best color 8:07 PM
  • Sunset 8:14 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:14 PM–8:44 PM
  • Fully dark 9:59 PM–4:17 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:59 PM–1:29 AM

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