South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

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South Padre Island, Texas, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:50 AM

6:50 AM

6:26 AM Blue hour
6:50 AM Sunrise
7:23 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Starship | Integrated Flight Test 6

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 4:00 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
4:00 PM
Highest around 4:09 PM
Distance
8 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Orbital Launch Pad 1
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Landing
4:07 PM
Land - Orbital Launch Mount A, back toward S

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

Sunset

5:37 PM

5:37 PM

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

5:04 PM Golden hour
5:37 PM Sunset
6:02 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:52 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:07 PM Dark enough
9:23 PM Moonrise
12:52 AM Best
5:21 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
88°
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

9:23 PM – 11:39 AM

ENE WNW
9:23 PM Moonrise
9:44 PM 4°
4:34 AM Highest, 89°
11:19 AM 4°
11:39 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 6:26 AM–6:50 AM
  • Sunrise 6:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:50 AM–7:23 AM
  • Morning best color 7:01 AM
  • Moonset 10:52 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:04 PM–5:37 PM
  • Evening best color 5:19 PM
  • Sunset 5:37 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:37 PM–6:02 PM
  • Fully dark 6:58 PM–5:31 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:58 PM–9:28 PM
  • Moonrise 9:24 PM

Upcoming celestial events for South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:15 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:15 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 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