Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Saturday, April 27, 2024

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

That morning

Sunrise

5:57 AM

5:57 AM

5:30 AM Blue hour
5:57 AM Sunrise
6:33 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:31 PM

7:31 PM

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

6:56 PM Golden hour
7:31 PM Sunset
7:58 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Galileo L12

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 7:34 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish low chance 7:38 PM–7:42 PM, ESE about 5° up

Look
SE
Crossing your sky
When
7:34 PM
Highest around 7:40 PM
Distance
634 mi
Climbs to
5°
Lighting
Sky still bright
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The plume will be lit, but the sky behind it is still bright enough to wash it out. Twenty minutes later would be the shot.

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 3:31 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:01 PM Dark enough
11:42 PM Moonrise
3:31 AM Best
4:26 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
12°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
41% lost
Speed
66 km/s

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

Dust shed by Halley's Comet on its earlier passes. Earth meets Halley's stream twice a year: in May as the Eta Aquariids and in October as the Orionids.

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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Moon

Waning gibbous

87% lit

11:42 PM – 8:55 AM

SE SW
11:42 PM Moonrise
12:07 AM 4°
4:18 AM Highest, 25°
8:29 AM 4°
8:55 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:30 AM–5:57 AM
  • Sunrise 5:57 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:57 AM–6:33 AM
  • Morning best color 6:11 AM
  • Moonset 8:02 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:56 PM–7:31 PM
  • Evening best color 7:30 PM
  • Sunset 7:31 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:31 PM–7:58 PM
  • Fully dark 9:06 PM–4:21 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:06 PM–11:46 PM
  • Moonrise 11:42 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Nashville, Tennessee, United States

International Space Station Modest pass, W to NNW, 24 deg up
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:31 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:11 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:11 PM International Space Station Bright pass, WSW to NNE, 38 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 5:43 PM Leonids Around 10 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:08 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 4:24 PM in the ENE Tue 24 Nov 2026 4:24 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 10:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 4.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 8:22 AM Partial solar eclipse 48.3% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 11:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 10:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 4:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 9.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 1:19 PM Total lunar eclipse 80% 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 Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 9:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 89.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 12:11 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it