Detroit, Michigan, USA

Thursday, May 4, 2028

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Detroit, Michigan, USA

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 4:50 AM

Very LowExcellent
10:05 PM Dark enough
4:11 AM Moonset
4:51 AM Best 4:50 AM, then too light
Estimate
~15/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
18°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

6:22 AM

6:22 AM

5:51 AM Blue hour
6:22 AM Sunrise
7:01 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:35 PM

8:35 PM

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

7:56 PM Golden hour
8:35 PM Sunset
9:06 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

78% lit

4:02 PM – 4:11 AM

E W
4:02 PM Moonrise
4:24 PM 4°
10:08 PM Highest, 46°
3:49 AM 4°
4:11 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:46 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:51 AM–6:22 AM
  • Morning best color 6:02 AM
  • Sunrise 6:22 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:22 AM–7:01 AM
  • Moonrise 4:02 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:56 PM–8:35 PM
  • Sunset 8:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:35 PM–9:06 PM
  • Evening best color 8:35 PM
  • Fully dark 10:27 PM–4:29 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:17 AM–4:29 AM

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Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:32 PM Total lunar eclipse 73% of it above your horizon
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