South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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South Padre Island, Texas, USA Tuesday 12 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 8 an hour

Best around 5:54 AM

Radiant climbs to
43°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
7% lost
Speed
66 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

6:43 AM

6:43 AM

6:18 AM Blue hour
6:43 AM Sunrise
7:16 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:06 PM

8:06 PM

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

7:34 PM Golden hour
8:06 PM Sunset
8:31 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Good viewing

Visible from 11:41 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
11:41 PM to 4:01 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 35° above it
Highest at
3:51 AM
Sky fully dark
9:31 PM to 5:17 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

Waning crescent

22% lit

3:38 AM – 3:58 PM

E W
3:38 AM Moonrise
3:56 AM 4°
9:47 AM Highest, 63°
3:40 PM 4°
3:58 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 3:39 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:18 AM–6:43 AM
  • Morning best color 6:27 AM
  • Sunrise 6:43 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:43 AM–7:16 AM
  • Moonset 3:58 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:34 PM–8:06 PM
  • Sunset 8:06 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:06 PM–8:31 PM
  • Evening best color 8:21 PM
  • Fully dark 9:31 PM–5:17 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:31 PM–4:11 AM
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Next day → Wednesday Wed, May 13

Upcoming celestial events for South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Milky Way Visible 8:24 PM to 10:14 PM with no moon, 25° above the southwestern horizon - 6 nights 8 Oct to 13 Oct
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:24 PM Hurricane Isaias Outer clouds at most, passing to the east
Fri 9 Oct 2026 6:00 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:30 PM to 6:00 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 10:50 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to ENE, 15 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:43 AM International Space Station Modest pass, S to ENE, 29 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 6:16 AM Tropical Storm Simon Outer clouds at most, passing to the west
Tue 13 Oct 2026 5:40 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

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