Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 4:54 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:24 PM Dark enough
11:30 PM Moonset
4:54 AM Best
5:47 AM Too light
Estimate
~11/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
51°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
41 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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

That morning

Sunrise

7:17 AM

7:17 AM

6:48 AM Blue hour
7:17 AM Sunrise
7:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:54 PM

4:54 PM

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

4:13 PM Golden hour
4:54 PM Sunset
5:23 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

37% lit

10:44 AM – 11:30 PM

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10:44 AM Moonrise
11:04 AM 4°
5:05 PM Highest, 56°
11:09 PM 4°
11:30 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 6:48 AM–7:17 AM
  • Morning best color 7:01 AM
  • Sunrise 7:17 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:17 AM–7:58 AM
  • Moonrise 10:45 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:13 PM–4:54 PM
  • Evening best color 4:50 PM
  • Sunset 4:54 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:54 PM–5:23 PM
  • Fully dark 6:28 PM–5:43 AM
  • Moonset 11:30 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:38 PM–5:43 AM

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