New York City, USA

Friday, October 18, 2024

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New York City, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:11 AM

7:11 AM

6:43 AM Blue hour
7:11 AM Sunrise
7:48 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:10 PM

6:10 PM

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

5:33 PM Golden hour
6:10 PM Sunset
6:38 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-19

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 7:31 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
7:31 PM
Highest around 7:40 PM
Distance
918 mi
Climbs to
17°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - Just Read the Instructions
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.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:55 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:40 PM Dark enough
4:55 AM Best
5:42 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
64°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
76% lost
Speed
66 km/s

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

Waning gibbous

98% lit

6:44 PM – 9:59 AM

ENE WNW
6:44 PM Moonrise
7:08 PM 4°
2:16 AM Highest, 71°
9:34 AM 4°
9:59 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:43 AM–7:11 AM
  • Sunrise 7:11 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:11 AM–7:48 AM
  • Morning best color 7:20 AM
  • Moonset 8:37 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:33 PM–6:10 PM
  • Evening best color 6:00 PM
  • Sunset 6:10 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:10 PM–6:38 PM
  • Moonrise 6:45 PM
  • Fully dark 7:41 PM–5:41 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for New York City, USA

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in New York City - sunset at 4:52 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 4:52 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to SW, 52 deg up
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:34 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:22 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:22 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in New York City - sunset at 4:51 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 4:51 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:18 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 10:02 AM Partial solar eclipse 40.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:50 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 86% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.7% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:47 PM Total lunar eclipse 54% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 50.2% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:26 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it