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Golden Hour is the ~45 minutes after sunrise and before sunset when warm, directional light makes landscapes and portraits glow.

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Blue Hour is the ~25 minutes just after sunset when the sky glows deep blue — perfect for city skylines and long exposures.

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Full Moon

Blue Wending Moon

May 31

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A rare Blue Micromoon — the second full moon of May, appearing smaller as it peaks near apogee. WhichPhase calls all micromoons the Wending Moon.

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Conjunction

Venus & Jupiter

Jun 30

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Venus and Jupiter meet within 1° of each other in the evening sky — the closest conjunction of the two brightest planets until 2030.

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Meteor Shower

Perseids Peak

Aug 12–13

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Up to 50 meteors per hour under a new moon — perfect dark skies. Best viewed after midnight. Northern hemisphere. Naked eye.

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WhichPhase helps you plan around weather, light, moon phases, visibility, and timing — for travel, photography, outdoor adventures, nights out, stargazing, and everyday decisions shaped by conditions.