New York City, USA

Saturday, October 26, 2024

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New York City, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:20 AM

7:20 AM

6:52 AM Blue hour
7:20 AM Sunrise
7:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:59 PM

5:59 PM

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

5:21 PM Golden hour
5:59 PM Sunset
6:27 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-8

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 5:47 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
5:47 PM
Highest around 5:56 PM
Distance
918 mi
Climbs to
17°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - Just Read the Instructions
Too far downrange to see

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:44 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:29 PM Dark enough
2:33 AM Moonrise
4:44 AM Best
5:51 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
65°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
11% 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.

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 1:59 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:29 PM Dark enough
1:59 AM Best
2:33 AM Moonrise
5:51 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
64°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 2:29 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:29 PM Dark enough
2:29 AM Best
2:33 AM Moonrise
5:51 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
71°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

Waning crescent

28% lit

1:30 AM – 3:40 PM

ENE WNW
1:30 AM Moonrise
1:53 AM 4°
8:39 AM Highest, 64°
3:19 PM 4°
3:40 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:31 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:52 AM–7:20 AM
  • Sunrise 7:20 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:20 AM–7:58 AM
  • Morning best color 7:29 AM
  • Moonset 3:41 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:21 PM–5:59 PM
  • Evening best color 5:49 PM
  • Sunset 5:59 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:59 PM–6:27 PM
  • Fully dark 7:31 PM–5:49 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:31 PM–2:41 AM

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