TODAY

Orlando, Florida, USA

Sunrise

Fair

7:32 AM

Very LowExcellent

High cloud

0%catches the color

Low cloud

8%toward the horizon, blocks the light

Rain chance

Humidity

91%

7:08 AM Blue hour

7:32 AM Sunrise

7:40 AM Best color

8:04 AM Golden hour ends

Current local time: 4:19 AM

No cloud overhead to catch the color, so it shows on the horizon and any distant clouds as the sun comes up - learned from 115 rated clear past sunrises across every place Sky Time tracks.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 5:03 AM this morning

Very LowExcellent

8:18 PM Dark enough

5:03 AM Best

6:02 AM Too light

Current local time: 4:19 AM

Estimate

~7/hour

from a dark spot here, off its peak night

Cloud

next 3 hours, with the satellite

Radiant climbs to

75°

Under a perfect sky

20/hour

Moonlight

20% lost

Speed

66 km/s

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.

Later today

Sunset

Good

6:46 PM

Very LowExcellent

High cloud

12%catches the color

Low cloud

11%toward the horizon, blocks the light

Rain chance

17%

Humidity

70%

6:14 PM Golden hour

6:46 PM Sunset

6:56 PM Best color

7:10 PM Blue hour ends

Current local time: 4:19 AM

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 5 past sunsets here that were rated excellent.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Modest pass, W to NE

Rises 7:26 PM

Very LowExcellent

Look

Rising, then up to NNW

When

7:26 PM

until 7:32 PM

Visible for

5m 30s

Highest

29° NNW

Ends

Sets NE

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Event

Stargazing

Best around 8:30 PM tonight

Very LowExcellent

8:06 PM Dark enough

8:30 PM Best

6:13 AM Too light

Current local time: 4:19 AM

At its best

Very Low

held back by sky glow

Darkness

Fully dark

100% of a perfect sky

Clouds

Mostly clear

71% of a perfect sky

Rain

No rain on the radar

100% of a perfect sky

Moon

Moon 98% lit, up

51% of a perfect sky

Sky glow

Bright city sky

30% of a perfect sky

These are at the best time, from the forecast. The bar is the best half hour of the dark: how dark the sky is, the cloud, rain, the Moon's glare and the light pollution here, each taking its share off a perfect night.

Moon, up now

Waxing gibbous

96% lit

5:09 PM – 5:50 AM

E W

5:09 PM Moonrise

5:27 PM 4°

11:28 PM Highest, 66°

5:32 AM 4°

5:50 AM Moonset

Current local time: 4:19 AM

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

Weather forecast

Morning 9 AM 68°F Clear sky

16% 1% 79% 9 mph

Afternoon 2 PM 77°F Overcast

89% 8% 62% 11 mph

Evening 7 PM 70°F Clear sky

14% 14% 75% 9 mph

Late Night 11 PM 66°F Clear sky

36% 16% 91% 6 mph

Timetable

Moonset 5:51 AM
Morning blue hour 7:08 AM–7:32 AM
Sunrise 7:32 AM
Morning golden hour 7:32 AM–8:04 AM
Morning best color 7:40 AM
Moonrise 5:41 PM
Evening golden hour 6:14 PM–6:46 PM
Sunset 6:46 PM
Evening blue hour 6:46 PM–7:10 PM
Evening best color 6:56 PM
Night 7:10 PM–7:08 AM
Fully dark 8:06 PM–6:13 AM
Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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