Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:13 AM

7:13 AM

Clears the mountains at 7:58 AM, 45 min after sunrise

6:45 AM Blue hour
7:13 AM Sunrise
7:51 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:16 PM

5:16 PM

Behind the mountains at 4:34 PM, 42 min before sunset

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

4:38 PM Golden hour
5:16 PM Sunset
5:44 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:46 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:46 PM Dark enough
12:08 AM Moonrise
12:46 AM Best
5:43 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
7% 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

Last quarter

53% lit

11:08 PM – 1:10 PM

ENE WNW
11:08 PM Moonrise
11:29 PM 4°
6:12 AM Highest, 70°
12:49 PM 4°
1:10 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 6:45 AM–7:13 AM
  • Sunrise 7:13 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:13 AM–7:51 AM
  • Morning best color 7:22 AM
  • Moonset 1:10 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:38 PM–5:16 PM
  • Evening best color 5:09 PM
  • Sunset 5:16 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:16 PM–5:44 PM
  • Fully dark 6:46 PM–5:44 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:46 PM–12:16 AM

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