Orlando, Florida, USA

Monday, August 16, 2027

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Orlando, Florida, USA

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 28 an hour

Best around 5:19 AM

Radiant climbs to
56°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
44% 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

6:55 AM

6:55 AM

6:30 AM Blue hour
6:55 AM Sunrise
7:27 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:04 PM

8:04 PM

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

7:32 PM Golden hour
8:04 PM Sunset
8:28 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Sturgeon Moon

Rises 7:46 PM in the ESE

7:46 PM – 7:07 AM

Named for the lake sturgeon most easily caught in the Great Lakes in late summer.

ESE WSW
7:46 PM Moonrise
8:05 PM 4°
1:26 AM Highest, 49°
6:49 AM 4°
7:07 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:46 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
3:32 AM
Distance
251,446 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:14 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:30 AM–6:55 AM
  • Morning best color 6:50 AM
  • Sunrise 6:55 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:55 AM–7:27 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:32 PM–8:04 PM
  • Moonrise 7:46 PM
  • Sunset 8:04 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:04 PM–8:28 PM
  • Evening best color 8:12 PM
  • Fully dark 9:28 PM–5:32 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

Milky Way Visible 9:17 PM to 12:57 AM with no moon, 32° above the southern horizon - 14 nights 23 Aug to 5 Sep
Wed 25 Aug 2027 9:17 PM Black Moon (supermoon) Moonless and fully dark 9:10 PM to 5:40 AM Tue 31 Aug 2027 1:39 PM Full Harvest Moon Rises 7:15 PM in the E Wed 15 Sep 2027 7:15 PM Milky Way Visible 8:41 PM to 11:11 PM with no moon, 28° above the south-southwestern horizon - 12 nights 21 Sep to 2 Oct
Wed 22 Sep 2027 8:41 PM Autumn equinox Sunset due west, 7:21 PM Thu 23 Sep 2027 2:01 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:40 PM to 5:50 AM Wed 29 Sep 2027 10:33 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 12.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:18 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 29.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:31 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it