Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:53 AM

6:53 AM

6:24 AM Blue hour
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:33 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:44 PM

4:44 PM

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

4:04 PM Golden hour
4:44 PM Sunset
5:12 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:29 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:14 PM Dark enough
12:29 AM Best
1:40 AM Moonset
5:24 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
76°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
20% lost
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

66% lit

1:02 PM – 1:40 AM

E W
1:02 PM Moonrise
1:22 PM 4°
7:19 PM Highest, 55°
1:19 AM 4°
1:40 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:43 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:24 AM–6:53 AM
  • Sunrise 6:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:53 AM–7:33 AM
  • Morning best color 7:02 AM
  • Moonrise 1:03 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:04 PM–4:44 PM
  • Evening best color 4:38 PM
  • Sunset 4:44 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:44 PM–5:12 PM
  • Fully dark 6:16 PM–5:21 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:46 AM–5:21 AM

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