Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Saturday, November 23, 2024

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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

6:46 AM Blue hour
7:13 AM Sunrise
7:52 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:16 PM

5:16 PM

Behind the mountains at 4:33 PM, 43 min before sunset

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

4:37 PM Golden hour
5:16 PM Sunset
5:43 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-13

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 10:25 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
10:25 PM
Highest around 10:32 PM
Distance
489 mi
Climbs to
11°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
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

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:46 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:46 PM Dark enough
12:46 AM Best
1:07 AM Moonrise
5:44 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
No interference
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

43% lit

12:08 AM – 1:35 PM

ENE W
12:08 AM Moonrise
12:29 AM 4°
6:55 AM Highest, 65°
1:15 PM 4°
1:35 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:09 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:46 AM–7:13 AM
  • Sunrise 7:13 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:13 AM–7:52 AM
  • Morning best color 7:23 AM
  • Moonset 1:35 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:37 PM–5:16 PM
  • Evening best color 5:08 PM
  • Sunset 5:16 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:16 PM–5:43 PM
  • Fully dark 6:46 PM–5:44 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:46 PM–1:16 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 78 deg up
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:18 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:59 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:59 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Long shot, look W
Fri 6 Nov 2026 5:46 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:30 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 12:01 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-627 Long shot, look W
Mon 9 Nov 2026 8:03 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 9:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 7:32 AM Partial solar eclipse 57.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 9:33 AM Total lunar eclipse 68% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.4% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 2:50 PM Partial solar eclipse 23.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 7:46 PM Total lunar eclipse 62% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 85.7% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:03 PM Partial solar eclipse 90.9% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:29 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it