Orlando, Florida, USA

Sunday, August 15, 2027

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Orlando, Florida, USA

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 44 an hour

Best around 5:20 AM

Radiant climbs to
56°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
22% 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

6:54 AM

6:54 AM

6:30 AM Blue hour
6:54 AM Sunrise
7:27 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:05 PM

8:05 PM

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

7:32 PM Golden hour
8:05 PM Sunset
8:29 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

98% lit

7:14 PM – 6:13 AM

ESE WSW
7:14 PM Moonrise
7:34 PM 4°
12:44 AM Highest, 44°
5:54 AM 4°
6:13 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:18 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:30 AM–6:54 AM
  • Morning best color 6:50 AM
  • Sunrise 6:54 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:54 AM–7:27 AM
  • Moonrise 7:15 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:32 PM–8:05 PM
  • Sunset 8:05 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:05 PM–8:29 PM
  • Evening best color 8:13 PM
  • Fully dark 9:29 PM–5:31 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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