South Padre Island, Texas, USA

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South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 30 an hour

Best around 5:34 AM

From 7:19 PM to 5:46 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
45°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
51% lost
Speed
41 km/s

The rate at the top 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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

That morning

Sunrise

7:16 AM

7:16 AM

6:51 AM Blue hour
7:16 AM Sunrise
7:50 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 5:07 PM in the ENE

5:07 PM – 7:40 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

ENE WNW
5:07 PM Moonrise
5:27 PM 4°
12:25 AM Highest, 89°
7:20 AM 4°
7:40 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:07 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
4:03 AM
Distance
225,151 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Sunset

5:49 PM

5:49 PM

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

5:15 PM Golden hour
5:49 PM Sunset
6:14 PM Blue hour ends

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:39 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:51 AM–7:16 AM
  • Morning best color 7:01 AM
  • Sunrise 7:16 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:16 AM–7:50 AM
  • Moonrise 5:07 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:15 PM–5:49 PM
  • Sunset 5:49 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:49 PM–6:14 PM
  • Evening best color 6:04 PM
  • Fully dark 7:11 PM–5:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Orionids Active, around 7 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 5:44 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:56 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:24 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:24 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:59 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:10 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 1:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 12:55 AM 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

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