Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:10 AM

7:10 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:54 AM, 44 min after sunrise

6:42 AM Blue hour
7:10 AM Sunrise
7:47 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:17 PM

5:17 PM

Behind the mountains at 4:35 PM, 42 min before sunset

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

4:40 PM Golden hour
5:17 PM Sunset
5:45 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:47 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:47 PM Dark enough
8:57 PM Moonrise
12:47 AM Best
5:41 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
78°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
61% lost
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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 gibbous

81% lit

8:57 PM – 12:07 PM

ENE WNW
8:57 PM Moonrise
9:20 PM 4°
4:36 AM Highest, 79°
11:44 AM 4°
12:07 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:42 AM–7:10 AM
  • Sunrise 7:10 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:10 AM–7:47 AM
  • Morning best color 7:19 AM
  • Moonset 11:24 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:40 PM–5:17 PM
  • Evening best color 5:10 PM
  • Sunset 5:17 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:17 PM–5:45 PM
  • Fully dark 6:47 PM–5:41 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:47 PM–8:57 PM
  • Moonrise 8:57 PM

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