Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

← Previous day Tuesday Tue, Oct 15
DATE
Next day → Thursday Thu, Oct 17
TODAY

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

That morning

Sunrise

6:49 AM

6:49 AM

6:23 AM Blue hour
6:49 AM Sunrise
7:23 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:02 PM

6:02 PM

Behind the hills at 5:48 PM, 14 min before sunset

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

5:27 PM Golden hour
6:02 PM Sunset
6:28 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:32 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:32 PM Dark enough
4:32 AM Best
5:20 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
58% 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.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Supermoon - rises 5:37 PM in the E

5:37 PM – 7:03 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

E WNW
5:37 PM Moonrise
5:57 PM 4°
12:16 AM Highest, 64°
6:42 AM 4°
7:03 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:37 PM in the E
Exactly full
4:29 AM
Distance
221,760 mi - supermoon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:48 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:23 AM–6:49 AM
  • Sunrise 6:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:49 AM–7:23 AM
  • Morning best color 6:58 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:27 PM–6:02 PM
  • Moonrise 5:38 PM
  • Evening best color 5:59 PM
  • Sunset 6:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:02 PM–6:28 PM
  • Fully dark 7:28 PM–5:24 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Las Vegas - sunset at 4:43 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 4:43 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to E, 53 deg up
Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:40 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 2 Nov 2026 6:13 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 2 Nov 2026 6:13 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Fair, space jellyfish SW
Tue 3 Nov 2026 5:28 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:11 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 8:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 6:44 AM Partial solar eclipse 57% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:29 AM Total lunar eclipse 61% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.1% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:43 PM Partial solar eclipse 27.1% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:29 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Total lunar eclipse 57% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.6% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:49 AM Partial solar eclipse 84.7% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:04 PM Partial solar eclipse 89.7% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:25 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it