South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Monday, October 13, 2025

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South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Rocket launch

Starship | Flight 11

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 6:23 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
6:23 PM
Highest around 6:32 PM
Distance
8 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Orbital Launch Pad 1
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Landing
Ocean - Gulf of Mexico

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

That morning

Sunrise

7:26 AM

7:26 AM

7:03 AM Blue hour
7:26 AM Sunrise
7:57 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:02 PM

7:02 PM

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

6:31 PM Golden hour
7:02 PM Sunset
7:25 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 8:19 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:19 PM to 9:59 PM
Where to look
Southwestern horizon, up to 23° above it
Highest at
8:19 PM
Sky fully dark
8:19 PM to 6:10 AM
Sky darkness
Fair
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Last quarter

51% lit

12:01 AM – 2:28 PM

ENE WNW
12:01 AM Moonrise
12:22 AM 4°
7:17 AM Highest, 89°
2:08 PM 4°
2:28 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:01 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:03 AM–7:26 AM
  • Morning best color 7:12 AM
  • Sunrise 7:26 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:26 AM–7:57 AM
  • Moonset 2:28 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:31 PM–7:02 PM
  • Sunset 7:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:02 PM–7:25 PM
  • Evening best color 7:18 PM
  • Fully dark 8:19 PM–6:10 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:19 PM–1:09 AM

Upcoming celestial events for South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, SW to NE, 85 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 7:45 PM Orionids Active, around 15 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 8:25 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to NNW, 20 deg up
Thu 22 Oct 2026 8:23 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:24 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:24 PM Halloween Halloween night in South Padre Island - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:14 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