The globe opens over Melbourne (37.8° S, 145.0° E) with the latest satellite clouds and rain radar, and Melbourne'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 Melbourne 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 (Australia/Melbourne): 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 Melbourne; then what might cross its sky.
Alerts near Melbourne
Nothing active near Melbourne at GMT+11 from what was checked: tropical cyclones, tsunami bulletins, earthquakes, GDACS disaster alerts, satellite fire detections and air quality. Melbourne's national weather warnings aren't carried here, so check its national weather service too. This page is not a warning service: in an emergency, follow your local authorities.
Weather over Melbourne
- Nowclear night, 12°C, feels 9°C · wind SSE 16 km/h · 10% cloud cover
- Next 24 hourshigh 22°C around , low 6°C around · under a 20% chance of rain
- Hour by hour 12°C, clear · 10°C, clear · 7°C, clear · 6°C, clear · 11°C, clear · 18°C, clear · 21°C, clear · 21°C, overcast
- Air qualitygood, US AQI 36 · modeled for the area by Copernicus CAMS, not measured by a monitor
From Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), as of GMT+11. A forecast, not a warning: for warnings, see the alerts above and your local authorities.
Sun and Moon over Melbourne, Sun Nov 8
- Sunrises in the ESE, sets in the WSW, 69° up at its highest at · 13 h 56 min of daylight, 2 min 4 s longer 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 Wed Nov 25 at
- Sunsets aheadMon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri · Sat · Sun
- Next solar eclipse hereJul 22, 2028, partial: 81% of the Sun covered at , 29° up
- Next lunar eclipse hereJul 7, 2028, partial: at its deepest at , 38° up
Times on Melbourne's clock (GMT+11), worked out with astronomy-engine as this page was served.
Over Melbourne
- Next ISS pass you can seenone in the next three days · every pass
- Southern lightsnot expected within sight, forecast for · aurora forecast
How to read it
Melbourne is known for four seasons in a day: a cool change off the Southern Ocean can end a scorching afternoon within minutes. Hot northerly winds bring its summer heat and the danger of bushfires, as on Black Saturday in 2009. St Kilda looks west across Port Phillip Bay for sunset, and in a strong geomagnetic storm people drive to the dark beaches facing Bass Strait to look for the southern lights.
Melbourne's longest day, around December 22, has 14 hours 47 minutes of daylight, and its shortest, around June 22, has 9 hours 32 minutes.
Sunset in Melbourne comes earliest around June 10, at about 17:07, and latest around January 1, at about 20:45. That earliest sunset comes about 11 days before Melbourne's shortest day, because the Sun's noon drifts against the clock through the year. Melbourne's clocks change twice a year, so its sunset jumps by an hour on each of those days.
Melbourne's evening golden hour, the Sun from 6° up to 4° below the horizon, lasts about 50 minutes around the equinoxes; at midsummer about 60 minutes.
Questions
What time is sunset in Melbourne today?
The list on this page gives it, worked out for today on Melbourne's clock, with the coming week's. Through the year Melbourne's sunset moves between about 17:07 and about 20:45.
When is golden hour in Melbourne today?
The list gives Melbourne'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 Melbourne's clock.
When is the next full Moon in Melbourne?
The list gives the date and time on Melbourne'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 Melbourne is only the clock and when the Moon is up.
Are there any alerts near Melbourne right now?
This page lists what's active near Melbourne 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 Melbourne, follow your local authorities.
What's the weather doing over Melbourne right now?
This page gives Melbourne'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 Melbourne: drag it to see what's coming.
What is the air quality in Melbourne today?
This page gives Melbourne'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 Melbourne rather than a monitor's reading, so a station nearby can differ.
Are the southern lights ever visible from Melbourne?
Only in the rarest, strongest storms, as in May 2024, low on Melbourne's southern horizon and faint from inside the city. This page says what NOAA's OVATION forecast gives for Melbourne over the next hour or so.
