Uluru, Australia

Thursday, November 5, 2026

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Uluru, Australia Thursday 5 November 2026

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

A few an hour

Best around 1:21 AM

Radiant climbs to
50°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 km/s

Rates are what one person might count under a dark sky, already brought down for how high the radiant gets here and for the Moon - not the headline figure, which assumes the radiant overhead and no light at all. Cloud is the other half, and it is on the sunset tile.

Slow and low in number, but a well-known source of fireballs.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 8:26 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:26 PM to 9:56 PM
Where to look
West-southwestern horizon, up to 26° above it
Highest at
8:26 PM
Sky fully dark
8:26 PM to 4:31 AM
Sky darkness
Very good
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.

That morning

Sunrise

5:55 AM

5:55 AM

5:30 AM Blue hour
5:55 AM Sunrise
6:26 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:03 PM

7:03 PM

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

6:32 PM Golden hour
7:03 PM Sunset
7:27 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

17% lit

3:10 AM – 3:26 PM

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3:10 AM Moonrise
3:28 AM 4°
9:17 AM Highest, 63°
3:08 PM 4°
3:26 PM Moonset

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

This day at a glance

Moon, waning crescent

3:10 AM Moonrise
3:28 AM 4°
9:17 AM Highest, 63°
3:08 PM 4°
3:26 PM Moonset

Sunrise

5:30 AM Blue hour
5:55 AM Sunrise
6:26 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:32 PM Golden hour
7:03 PM Sunset
7:27 PM Blue hour ends
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