The globe opens over San Francisco (37.8° N, 122.4° W) with the latest satellite clouds and rain radar, and San Francisco'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 San Francisco 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/Los_Angeles): 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 San Francisco; then what might cross its sky.
Alerts near San Francisco
Also nearby, not warnings:
- Active fires detected4 satellite detections within 15 mi · NASA FIRMS. Satellites see heat, so this can also be a gas flare or industry rather than a wildfire.
Checked at PST: 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 San Francisco
- Nowclear night, 53°F · wind WNW 4 mph · 7% cloud cover
- Next 24 hourshigh 70°F around , low 52°F around · under a 20% chance of rain
- Hour by hour 53°F, clear · 53°F, fog · 56°F, fog · 64°F, overcast · 70°F, overcast · 64°F, overcast · 58°F, overcast · 56°F, overcast
- Air qualitymoderate, US AQI 64 · modeled for the area by Copernicus CAMS, not measured by a monitor
From Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), as of PST. A forecast, not a warning: for warnings, see the alerts above and your local authorities.
Sun and Moon over San Francisco, Sun Nov 8
- Sunrises in the ESE, sets in the WSW, 36° up at its highest at · 10 h 21 min of daylight, 1 min 59 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 Sun Nov 8 at , full Tue Nov 24 at
- Sunsets aheadMon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri · Sat · Sun
- Next solar eclipse hereJan 14, 2029, partial: 56% of the Sun covered at , 9° up
- Next lunar eclipse hereJan 11, 2028, partial: at its deepest at , 35° up
Times on San Francisco's clock (PST), worked out with astronomy-engine as this page was served.
Over San Francisco
- Next ISS pass you can seeMon Nov 9 to · 49° high · SW → NE · every pass
- Northern lightsnot expected within sight, forecast for · aurora forecast
- Launch you might seeFalcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-627, Mon Nov 9 , from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, 239 mi SSE · if the sky's clear and it holds its date · coming launches
- Launch you might seeFalcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-317, Thu Nov 12 , from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, 239 mi SSE · if the sky's clear and it holds its date · coming launches
How to read it
San Francisco's longest day, around June 21, has 14 hours 47 minutes of daylight, and its shortest, around December 21, has 9 hours 33 minutes.
Sunset in San Francisco comes earliest around December 2, at about 4:50 PM, and latest around June 25, at about 8:35 PM. That earliest sunset comes about 19 days before San Francisco's shortest day, because the Sun's noon drifts against the clock through the year. San Francisco's clocks change twice a year, so its sunset jumps by an hour on each of those days.
San Francisco'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 San Francisco today?
The list on this page gives it, worked out for today on San Francisco's clock, with the coming week's. Through the year San Francisco's sunset moves between about 4:50 PM and about 8:35 PM.
When is golden hour in San Francisco today?
The list gives San Francisco'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 San Francisco's clock.
When is the next full Moon in San Francisco?
The list gives the date and time on San Francisco'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 San Francisco is only the clock and when the Moon is up.
Are there any alerts near San Francisco right now?
This page lists what's active near San Francisco 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 San Francisco, follow your local authorities.
What's the weather doing over San Francisco right now?
This page gives San Francisco'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 San Francisco: drag it to see what's coming.
What is the air quality in San Francisco today?
This page gives San Francisco'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 San Francisco rather than a monitor's reading, so a station nearby can differ.
Are the northern lights ever visible from San Francisco?
Only in the rarest, strongest storms, as in May 2024, low on San Francisco's northern horizon and faint from inside the city. This page says what NOAA's OVATION forecast gives for San Francisco over the next hour or so.
