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- Certified dark sky place
Tropical storm
Post-Tropical Cyclone Simon
Rain bands and gusts possible, passing to the south
Was closest at 2:00 PM
Sunset
Fair
6:03 PM
Satellite, 9 min ago: clear overhead, no low cloud toward the sunset.
Little color is likely in any direction.
Current local time: 4:21 PM
No cloud overhead to catch the color, so it shows on the horizon and any distant clouds just before the sun goes - learned from 68 rated clear past sunsets across every place Sky Time tracks.
Meteor shower
Orionids
Active, around 6 an hour
Best around 5:18 AM
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.
Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.
Satellite
International Space Station
Modest pass, E to E
Rose 4:24 AM
Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.
Satellite
International Space Station
Bright pass, W to NNE
Rose 5:57 AM
Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.
Earlier today
Sunrise
Fair
6:48 AM
Current local time: 4:21 PM
No cloud overhead to catch the color, so it shows on the horizon and any distant clouds as the sun comes up - learned from 79 rated clear past sunrises across every place Sky Time tracks.
Moon, up now
Waxing crescent
34% lit
12:44 PM – 10:04 PM
Current local time: 4:21 PM
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
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