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Note: for upper air soundings and winds see the Aviation page.

Ozone

NIWA NZ UV and Ozone maps - for yesterday and today

NASA - Space-based measurements of Ozone and Air Quality - from multiple sources
Ozone Hole Watch- daily images, data and information (NASA)
TOMS Ozone Hole Monitoring - larger daily graphs of area/minima (NASA)

Environment Canada World Ozone Monitoring and Mapping - with most recent Southern Hemisphere maps
NOAA sites with Total Ozone measurements: SBUV/2 and TOAST

Astronomical

Land Information NZ - Astronomical Information including sun/moon rise/set tables, moon phases and eclipses

Sun

Tip: for sunrise/sunset times today, Google gives times at the top of results page, eg. "sunrise in Wellington" or "sunset in Wellington"
Sun and Moon rise/set times also via timeanddate.com, eg Wellington

Royal Astronomical Society of NZ - sun rise and set times (4 main centres)

SolarView from NIWA - create a sun angle view map for any location (designed to estimate available solar energy)

The Sun Now - SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) - various wavelength images of the sun, also with historical data
SpaceWeather.com - info on the sun-earth environment

Moon

Royal Astronomical Society of NZ - moon rise and set times (5 places), also phases of the moon

Lunar Perigee and Apogee Calculator - also with New and Full Moon times - from Fourmilab Switzerland
NASA Moon Phases Catalog - covering 6000 years!

Satellites

Real Time Satellite Tracking - via Google Maps
» with a full list of satellites by category including weather satellites

Solar System and Stars

Earth and Moon Viewer, including:
» real-time world sunlight map and Earth view from Sun also Moon view from Earth
Die.net World Sunlight Map - with day/night and clouds updated 3-hourly - via die.net

Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion, and Aphelion - combined info via US Navy
» Info and times via Wikipedia: Equinox and Solstice also Perihelion/Aphelion

Solar System Live - portal to interactive tools to view real-time astronomical maps, including:
» entire solar system or just the inner planets
Your Sky - "the interactive planetarium of the Web", with real-time sky maps and horizon views, eg:
» Wellington: sky map or horizon view (looking east)

Solar System Simulator - NASA/JPL/Caltech

Sky and Telescope - observing highlights