Luxor, Egypt

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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Luxor, Egypt

That morning

Sunrise

6:48 AM

6:48 AM

Clears the hills at 6:53 AM, 5 min after sunrise

6:25 AM Blue hour
6:48 AM Sunrise
7:19 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:21 PM

6:21 PM

Behind the hills at 6:17 PM, 4 min before sunset

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

5:50 PM Golden hour
6:21 PM Sunset
6:45 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:51 PM Dark enough
4:21 AM Best
5:18 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
74°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
27% 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

93% lit

5:03 PM – 5:24 AM

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5:03 PM Moonrise
5:20 PM 4°
11:12 PM Highest, 64°
5:06 AM 4°
5:24 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:18 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:25 AM–6:48 AM
  • Sunrise 6:48 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:48 AM–7:19 AM
  • Morning best color 6:59 AM
  • Moonrise 5:03 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:50 PM–6:21 PM
  • Evening best color 6:03 PM
  • Sunset 6:21 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:21 PM–6:45 PM
  • Fully dark 7:38 PM–5:32 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:28 AM–5:32 AM

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