Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:36 AM

6:36 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:29 AM, 113 min after sunrise

6:10 AM Blue hour
6:36 AM Sunrise
7:10 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-7

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 1:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
1:21 AM
Highest around 1:27 AM
Distance
489 mi
Climbs to
11°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

Sunset

5:51 PM

5:51 PM

Behind the mountains at 5:15 PM, 36 min before sunset

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

5:17 PM Golden hour
5:51 PM Sunset
6:17 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:21 PM Dark enough
4:21 AM Best
5:06 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
68°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
29% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

96% lit

4:56 PM – 5:34 AM

E W
4:56 PM Moonrise
5:15 PM 4°
11:13 PM Highest, 56°
5:14 AM 4°
5:34 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:10 AM–6:36 AM
  • Sunrise 6:36 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:36 AM–7:10 AM
  • Morning best color 6:45 AM
  • Moonrise 4:56 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:17 PM–5:51 PM
  • Evening best color 5:44 PM
  • Sunset 5:51 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:51 PM–6:17 PM
  • Fully dark 7:17 PM–5:11 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Long shot, look W
Fri 6 Nov 2026 5:46 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to SE, 42 deg up
Fri 6 Nov 2026 5:54 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 6 Nov 2026 6:57 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 6 Nov 2026 6:57 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WSW to SSW, 12 deg up
Sat 7 Nov 2026 6:32 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:30 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 12:01 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 9:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 7:32 AM Partial solar eclipse 57.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 9:33 AM Total lunar eclipse 68% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.4% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 2:50 PM Partial solar eclipse 23.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 7:46 PM Total lunar eclipse 62% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 85.7% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:03 PM Partial solar eclipse 90.9% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:29 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it