South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Monday, October 13, 2025

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South Padre Island, Texas, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:26 AM

7:26 AM

7:03 AM Blue hour
7:26 AM Sunrise
7:57 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Starship | Flight 11

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 6:23 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
S
Crossing your sky
When
6:23 PM
Highest around 6:32 PM
Distance
8 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Orbital Launch Pad 1
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Landing
Ocean - Gulf of Mexico

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

7:02 PM

7:02 PM

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

6:31 PM Golden hour
7:02 PM Sunset
7:25 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 5:02 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:32 PM Dark enough
1:06 AM Moonrise
5:02 AM Best
5:57 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
73°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
34% 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.

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 2:17 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:32 PM Dark enough
1:06 AM Moonrise
2:17 AM Best
5:57 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
75°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
13% lost
Speed
27 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

Dust from Comet Encke, which goes round the Sun every 3.3 years, the shortest of any bright comet. Its stream is old and spread wide, so the Taurids last for weeks and carry larger pieces than most: the 'Halloween fireballs'.

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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 8:19 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:19 PM to 9:59 PM
Where to look
Southwestern horizon, up to 23° above it
Highest at
8:19 PM
Sky fully dark
8:19 PM to 6:10 AM
Sky darkness
Fair
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.

Event

Indigenous Peoples' Day

US holiday

Indigenous Peoples' Day in South Padre Island - sunset at 7:02 PM

Evening from 7:02 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
7:02 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
47% lit
Rises 1:12 AM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
WSW, 6° up
at 6:32 PM

The second Monday of October honors the Native peoples of the Americas - the first peoples of this land, and their histories, cultures and nations, which continue today.

The federal holiday on that day is officially Columbus Day; many states, cities and tribal nations keep it as Indigenous Peoples' Day instead, and a president first proclaimed it in 2021.

Moon

Last quarter

51% lit

12:01 AM – 2:28 PM

ENE WNW
12:01 AM Moonrise
12:22 AM 4°
7:17 AM Highest, 89°
2:08 PM 4°
2:28 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:01 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:03 AM–7:26 AM
  • Sunrise 7:26 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:26 AM–7:57 AM
  • Morning best color 7:38 AM
  • Moonset 2:28 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:31 PM–7:02 PM
  • Evening best color 6:44 PM
  • Sunset 7:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:02 PM–7:25 PM
  • Fully dark 8:19 PM–6:10 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:19 PM–1:09 AM

Upcoming celestial events for South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to NNE, 16 deg up
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:46 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:15 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:15 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:14 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:10 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 1:01 AM Veterans Day Veterans Day in South Padre Island - sunset at 5:41 PM Wed 11 Nov 2026 5:41 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