New York City, USA

Sunday, October 19, 2025

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New York City, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:12 AM

7:12 AM

6:44 AM Blue hour
7:12 AM Sunrise
7:49 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-17

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 1:39 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
1:39 PM
Highest around 1:48 PM
Distance
918 mi
Climbs to
17°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

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

Sunset

6:09 PM

6:09 PM

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

5:32 PM Golden hour
6:09 PM Sunset
6:37 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:54 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:39 PM Dark enough
4:54 AM Best
5:43 AM Too light
Estimate
~15/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
65°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
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.

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 2:24 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:39 PM Dark enough
2:24 AM Best
5:43 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
64°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Moon

Waning crescent

3% lit

5:19 AM – 5:12 PM

E W
5:19 AM Moonrise
5:41 AM 4°
11:17 AM Highest, 46°
4:51 PM 4°
5:12 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:20 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:44 AM–7:12 AM
  • Sunrise 7:12 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:12 AM–7:49 AM
  • Morning best color 7:20 AM
  • Moonset 5:12 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:32 PM–6:09 PM
  • Evening best color 5:59 PM
  • Sunset 6:09 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:09 PM–6:37 PM
  • Fully dark 7:40 PM–5:41 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:40 PM–5:41 AM

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