South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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South Padre Island, Texas, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:28 AM

7:28 AM

7:04 AM Blue hour
7:28 AM Sunrise
7:59 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:00 PM

7:00 PM

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

6:29 PM Golden hour
7:00 PM Sunset
7:23 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 5:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:30 PM Dark enough
5:00 AM Best
5:58 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
73°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
38% 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

95% lit

5:55 PM – 6:28 AM

E W
5:55 PM Moonrise
6:13 PM 4°
12:09 AM Highest, 66°
6:10 AM 4°
6:28 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:04 AM–7:28 AM
  • Sunrise 7:28 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:28 AM–7:59 AM
  • Morning best color 7:39 AM
  • Moonrise 5:55 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:29 PM–7:00 PM
  • Evening best color 6:42 PM
  • Sunset 7:00 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:00 PM–7:23 PM
  • Fully dark 8:17 PM–6:11 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to E, 28 deg up
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:22 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 7:14 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 7:14 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:10 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 1:01 AM Veterans Day Veterans Day in South Padre Island - sunset at 5:41 PM Wed 11 Nov 2026 5:41 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 7:10 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 10:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 21% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 7:47 AM Partial solar eclipse 38.5% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 10:47 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 10:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 23.3% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:26 PM Total lunar eclipse 98% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 5:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 9:46 PM Total lunar eclipse 96% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 9:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 66.8% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 12:03 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it