New York City, USA

Tuesday, December 21, 2027

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New York City, USA

Meteor shower

Ursids

Best around 5:01 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:01 PM Dark enough
2:07 AM Moonrise
5:01 AM Best
5:47 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
49°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
15% lost
Speed
33 km/s

The estimate 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, as does rain on the radar now.

From most of the Northern Hemisphere it never sets, so you can watch it all night.

Equinox or solstice

Winter solstice

The moment itself, 9:42 PM

Sunrise
7:16 AM, ESE (122°)
Sunset
4:31 PM, WSW (238°)
Daylight
9h 15m

That morning

Sunrise

7:16 AM

7:16 AM

6:45 AM Blue hour
7:16 AM Sunrise
8:00 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:31 PM

4:31 PM

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

3:47 PM Golden hour
4:31 PM Sunset
5:02 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

35% lit

12:57 AM – 12:09 PM

ESE WSW
12:57 AM Moonrise
1:19 AM 4°
6:34 AM Highest, 40°
11:47 AM 4°
12:09 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:58 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:45 AM–7:16 AM
  • Sunrise 7:16 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:16 AM–8:00 AM
  • Morning best color 7:25 AM
  • Moonset 12:10 PM
  • Evening golden hour 3:47 PM–4:31 PM
  • Sunset 4:31 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:31 PM–5:02 PM
  • Evening best color 4:42 PM
  • Fully dark 6:10 PM–5:38 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:10 PM–2:10 AM

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