Orlando, Florida, USA

Monday, October 7, 2024

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Orlando, Florida, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:22 AM

7:22 AM

6:58 AM Blue hour
7:22 AM Sunrise
7:53 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 10:52 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
10:52 AM
Highest around 10:54 AM
Distance
49 mi
Climbs to
24°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

7:04 PM

7:04 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

6:32 PM Golden hour
7:04 PM Sunset
7:27 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Draconids

Best around 8:34 PM

Very LowExcellent
8:34 PM Dark enough
9:56 PM Moonset
5:52 AM Too light
Estimate
~5/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
50°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
7% lost
Speed
20 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Giacobini-Zinner (21P)

Dust from Comet Giacobini-Zinner, which returns every six and a half years. Most years it is quiet, but when Earth meets a fresh trail, as in 1933 and 1946, it has given storms of thousands an hour.

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

Moon

Waxing crescent

20% lit

11:43 AM – 9:56 PM

ESE SW
11:43 AM Moonrise
12:05 PM 4°
4:49 PM Highest, 35°
9:34 PM 4°
9:56 PM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 564°F Clear sky
0% 1 mm 95% 10 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 567°F Clear sky
0% 1 mm 91% 12 mph
Evening 7 PM 565°F Clear sky
0% 1 mm 94% 11 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:58 AM–7:22 AM
  • Sunrise 7:22 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:22 AM–7:53 AM
  • Morning best color 7:33 AM
  • Moonrise 11:43 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:32 PM–7:04 PM
  • Evening best color 6:54 PM
  • Sunset 7:04 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:04 PM–7:27 PM
  • Fully dark 8:22 PM–6:04 AM
  • Moonset 9:56 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:02 PM–6:04 AM

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Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:08 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
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