The globe opens over Houston (29.8° N, 95.4° W) with the latest satellite clouds and rain radar, and Houston's place card open: its local time, current weather, sunrise and sunset, the Moon, and any alerts near it.
Below, as the page is served, are the alerts near Houston and which sources were checked for them, its weather now and over the next day, its air quality, then its day on its own clock (America/Chicago): sunrise, sunset and the length of the day, golden and blue hour, the Moon's phase and when it's up, the coming week's sunsets, and the next full Moon and eclipses seen from Houston; then what might cross its sky.
Alerts near Houston
Also nearby, not warnings:
- Active fires detected1 satellite detection within 15 mi · NASA FIRMS. Satellites see heat, so this can also be a gas flare or industry rather than a wildfire.
Nothing more serious near Houston at CST from what was checked: National Weather Service alerts, tropical cyclones, tsunami bulletins, earthquakes, GDACS disaster alerts, lightning, satellite fire detections and air quality. This page is not a warning service: in an emergency, follow your local authorities.
Weather over Houston
- Nowpartly cloudy, 62°F · wind ENE 6 mph · 69% cloud cover
- Next 24 hourshigh 69°F around , low 59°F around · rain likeliest around , a 22% chance
- Hour by hour 62°F, partly cloudy · 60°F, overcast · 64°F, partly cloudy · 69°F, overcast · 69°F, overcast · 65°F, overcast · 64°F, overcast · 60°F, overcast
- Air qualitymoderate, US AQI 60 · modeled for the area by Copernicus CAMS, not measured by a monitor
From Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), as of CST. A forecast, not a warning: for warnings, see the alerts above and your local authorities.
Sun and Moon over Houston, Sun Nov 8
- Sunrises in the ESE, sets in the WSW, 44° up at its highest at · 10 h 49 min of daylight, 1 min 27 s shorter than yesterday
- Golden hourmorning to , evening to
- Blue hourmorning to , evening to
- Twilightfirst light , last light
- Moonnew Moon, 1% lit: rises in the ESE, sets in the WSW
- Next Moonsnew Mon Nov 9 at , full Tue Nov 24 at
- Sunsets aheadMon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri · Sat · Sun
- Next solar eclipse hereJan 26, 2028, partial: 14% of the Sun covered at , 7° up
- Next lunar eclipse hereJan 11, 2028, partial: at its deepest at , 58° up
Times on Houston's clock (CST), worked out with astronomy-engine as this page was served.
Over Houston
- Next ISS pass you can seeSun Nov 8 to · 26° high · SSW → ENE · every pass
- Launch you might seeStarship | Starlink Group 31-2 (Starship Flight 15), Fri Nov 13 , from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA, 282 mi SSW · if the sky's clear and it holds its date · coming launches
How to read it
Flooding is what Houston watches the radar for. The city sits low and flat on the bayous that drain into Galveston Bay, so a slow storm can fill its streets within hours, as Hurricane Harvey did in August 2017. The Gulf hurricane season runs from June through November, and summer afternoons bring thunderstorms in off the coast.
Houston's longest day, around June 21, has 14 hours 4 minutes of daylight, and its shortest, around December 21, has 10 hours 14 minutes.
Sunset in Houston comes earliest around December 2, at about 5:21 PM, and latest around June 30, at about 8:26 PM. That earliest sunset comes about 19 days before Houston's shortest day, because the Sun's noon drifts against the clock through the year. Houston's clocks change twice a year, so its sunset jumps by an hour on each of those days.
Houston's evening golden hour, the Sun from 6° up to 4° below the horizon, lasts about 45 minutes around the equinoxes; at midsummer about 50 minutes.
Questions
What time is sunset in Houston today?
The list on this page gives it, worked out for today on Houston's clock, with the coming week's. Through the year Houston's sunset moves between about 5:21 PM and about 8:26 PM.
When is golden hour in Houston today?
The list gives Houston's morning and evening golden hours, when the Sun is low and its light warm and long-shadowed, and the blue hours just outside them, on Houston's clock.
When is the next full Moon in Houston?
The list gives the date and time on Houston's clock, with today's phase and when the Moon rises and sets there. It's full at the same moment everywhere on Earth, so what differs in Houston is only the clock and when the Moon is up.
Are there any alerts near Houston right now?
This page lists what's active near Houston as it's served, with who issued it, and says which sources it checked and when, and which it couldn't. It's no warning service: in an emergency in Houston, follow your local authorities.
What's the weather doing over Houston right now?
This page gives Houston's conditions now and its next day hour by hour, with the chance of rain or snow, from Open-Meteo. The globe shows the latest satellite clouds and rain radar over Houston: drag it to see what's coming.
What is the air quality in Houston today?
This page gives Houston's US AQI as it's served, with the EPA's word for its band. It comes from Copernicus's CAMS forecast through Open-Meteo: a model for the area around Houston rather than a monitor's reading, so a station nearby can differ.
