Tides / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia County / Palmyra
Palmyra
Tide station
NOAA station Tacony-Palmyra Bridge in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Heights are feet above mean lower low water. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (EDT). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time. People also look this chart up as Cheltenham, Cheltenham Village, Jenkintown, Lower Moreland, Melrose Park, Oak Lane, Rockledge, and Tacony-Palmyra Bridge.
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Tide station
Predicted rise and fall
This column is the NOAA prediction. It is the expected high and low from the moon and the sun, in feet above mean lower low water. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat.
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Five-day fishing snapshot
This is the next five days at Palmyra. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the National Weather Service forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 28% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset is 6:19 PM. The tides are a low of 1.2 ft at 1:01 AM, a high of 6.3 ft at 6:31 AM, a low of 1.0 ft at 12:55 PM, and a high of 7.1 ft at 6:44 PM. The high at 6:31 AM is 40 minutes before sunrise. The high at 6:44 PM is 25 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Rain Showers Likely, 81°F, wind 5 to 10 mph S.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 38% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:12 AM and sunset is 6:18 PM. The tides are a low of 1.1 ft at 1:45 AM, a high of 6.1 ft at 7:19 AM, a low of 0.9 ft at 1:38 PM, and a high of 7.0 ft at 7:31 PM. The high at 7:19 AM is 7 minutes after sunrise. The high at 7:31 PM is 73 minutes after sunset. The forecast is Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny, 54°F, wind 15 mph N.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:14 AM and sunset is 6:17 PM. The tides are a low of 1.1 ft at 2:32 AM, a high of 6.0 ft at 8:10 AM, a low of 0.9 ft at 2:27 PM, and a high of 6.8 ft at 8:23 PM. The high at 8:10 AM is 56 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Sunny, 57°F, wind 5 mph NE.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:15 AM and sunset is 6:15 PM. The tides are a low of 1.0 ft at 3:22 AM, a high of 5.9 ft at 9:04 AM, a low of 0.9 ft at 3:22 PM, and a high of 6.7 ft at 9:18 PM. The high at 9:04 AM is 109 minutes after sunrise. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 61°F, wind 5 mph NE.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset is 6:14 PM. The tides are a low of 0.9 ft at 4:14 AM, a high of 6.0 ft at 9:58 AM, a low of 0.9 ft at 4:21 PM, and a high of 6.8 ft at 10:14 PM. The low at 4:21 PM is 113 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Mostly Sunny, 66°F, wind 5 to 10 mph N.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday are the days in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 5:41 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:13 AM
- Dawn
- 6:44 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 6:44 AM to 6:54 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 6:54 AM to 7:48 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:11 AM
- Solar noon
- 12:46 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 5:43 PM to 6:36 PM
- Sunset
- 6:20 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 6:36 PM to 6:47 PM
- Dusk
- 6:47 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:18 PM
- Last light
- 7:50 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 1:14 PM
- Moonset
- 10:04 PM
The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.
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On the water nearby
The closest named places from OpenStreetMap. A place with no name on that map is left off. Private and customer-only launches are labeled.
Boat ramps
- Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch0.8 mi
- Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch0.8 mi
- Princeton Avenue Boat Launch0.8 mi
- Pleasant Hill Park Boat Ramp3.4 mi
- kayak launch7.7 mi
Marinas
- Dredge Harbor Marina3.6 mi
- Cooper River Yacht Club6.2 mi
- Wiggins Park Marina6.7 mi
- Penn's Landing Marina7.0 mi
Parks
- Lardner's Point Park0.3 mi
- Disston Park0.7 mi
- Dorsey Playground0.7 mi
- Princeton Avenue Boat Launch0.8 mi
- Frankford Arsenal Boat Launch0.8 mi
- Roosevelt Playground1.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Taylor Wildlife Preserve2.8 mi
- Petty's Island Preserve4.4 mi
- Esther Yanai Preserve6.1 mi
- Lorimer Park6.3 mi
- Awbury Arboretum7.2 mi
- Abington Township Bird Sanctuary7.4 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Bridesburg2.9 mi · Philadelphia County
- Philadelphia6.5 mi · Philadelphia County
- Cornwells Heights6.8 mi · Bucks County
- PHILADELPHIA7.6 mi · Philadelphia County
- Market Street Bridge8.3 mi · Philadelphia County
- Penrose Avenue Bridge12 mi · Philadelphia County
Flood gauge
Measured water, not the tide
This column is a different instrument. A flood gauge reports the water level that is there now and the stages where flooding starts. The orange square on the map is that gauge. It is often not on top of the tide station.
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