South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

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South Padre Island, Texas, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:28 AM

7:28 AM

7:05 AM Blue hour
7:28 AM Sunrise
7:59 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:59 PM

6:59 PM

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

6:28 PM Golden hour
6:59 PM Sunset
7:22 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:59 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:29 PM Dark enough
4:59 AM Best
5:59 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
66% 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 6:31 PM in the E

6:31 PM – 7:35 AM

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

E W
6:31 PM Moonrise
6:49 PM 4°
1:01 AM Highest, 73°
7:17 AM 4°
7:35 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:31 PM in the E
Exactly full
6:29 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 6:28 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:05 AM–7:28 AM
  • Sunrise 7:28 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:28 AM–7:59 AM
  • Morning best color 7:39 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:28 PM–6:59 PM
  • Moonrise 6:31 PM
  • Evening best color 6:41 PM
  • Sunset 6:59 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:59 PM–7:22 PM
  • Fully dark 8:16 PM–6:12 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