Uluru, Australia

Thursday, October 12, 2028

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Uluru, Australia

That morning

Sunrise

6:14 AM

6:14 AM

Clears the hills at 6:23 AM, 9 min after sunrise

5:50 AM Blue hour
6:14 AM Sunrise
6:44 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:50 PM

6:50 PM

Behind the hills at 6:39 PM, 11 min before sunset

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

6:19 PM Golden hour
6:50 PM Sunset
7:13 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 3:50 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:20 PM Dark enough
2:22 AM Moonrise
3:50 AM Best
4:43 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
44°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
13% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Excellent viewing

Visible from 8:08 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:08 PM to 11:28 PM
Where to look
West-southwestern horizon, up to 49° above it
Highest at
8:08 PM
Sky fully dark
8:08 PM to 4:54 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.

Moon

Last quarter

43% lit

1:37 AM – 12:37 PM

ENE WNW
1:37 AM Moonrise
1:56 AM 4°
7:07 AM Highest, 44°
12:17 PM 4°
12:37 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:37 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:50 AM–6:14 AM
  • Sunrise 6:14 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:14 AM–6:44 AM
  • Morning best color 6:25 AM
  • Moonset 12:37 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:19 PM–6:50 PM
  • Evening best color 6:32 PM
  • Sunset 6:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:50 PM–7:13 PM
  • Fully dark 8:08 PM–4:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:08 PM–2:28 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Uluru, Australia

Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 2:21 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 4:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 73.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 25 Nov 2030 5:57 PM Partial solar eclipse 20.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 21 May 2031 6:05 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 12:43 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 4:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 4:42 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Sat 8 Oct 2033 8:25 PM Partial solar eclipse 33.8% of the Sun covered
Fri 9 Mar 2035 6:44 AM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 13 Jul 2037 11:47 AM Partial solar eclipse 86.1% of the Sun covered
Sun 26 Dec 2038 9:13 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it