South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

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South Padre Island, Texas, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:16 AM

7:16 AM

6:51 AM Blue hour
7:16 AM Sunrise
7:50 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:48 PM

5:48 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

5:14 PM Golden hour
5:48 PM Sunset
6:14 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 4:48 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:18 PM Dark enough
11:50 PM Moonrise
4:48 AM Best
5:46 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
38°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
45% lost
Speed
41 km/s

Where they come from: Asteroid 2003 EH1

Dust from 2003 EH1, a small asteroid that is probably a burnt-out comet. Earth crosses its thin, young stream at a steep angle, which is why the peak lasts only hours.

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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

Moon

Waning gibbous

63% lit

11:50 PM – 12:05 PM

E W
11:50 PM Moonrise
12:08 AM 4°
5:58 AM Highest, 63°
11:47 AM 4°
12:05 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:51 AM–7:16 AM
  • Sunrise 7:16 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:16 AM–7:50 AM
  • Morning best color 7:27 AM
  • Moonset 11:38 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:14 PM–5:48 PM
  • Evening best color 5:30 PM
  • Sunset 5:48 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:48 PM–6:14 PM
  • Fully dark 7:10 PM–5:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:10 PM–11:50 PM
  • Moonrise 11:50 PM

Upcoming celestial events for South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 7:10 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 7:10 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, S to E, 17 deg up
Mon 16 Nov 2026 5:40 AM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 7:08 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 7:08 PM Leonids Around 10 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 7:08 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 Partial solar eclipse 66.8% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 12:03 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it