Los Angeles, California, United States

Saturday, October 25, 2025

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Los Angeles, California, United States

That morning

Sunrise

7:06 AM

7:06 AM

Clears the hills at 7:10 AM, 4 min after sunrise

6:41 AM Blue hour
7:06 AM Sunrise
7:41 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-12

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 7:20 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Heading your way
When
7:20 AM
Highest around 7:24 AM
Distance
141 mi
Climbs to
45°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

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

Sunset

6:06 PM

6:06 PM

Behind the hills at 6:03 PM, 3 min before sunset

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

5:32 PM Golden hour
6:06 PM Sunset
6:32 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:51 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:36 PM Dark enough
8:37 PM Moonset
4:51 AM Best
5:37 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
72°
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 2:06 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:36 PM Dark enough
8:37 PM Moonset
2:06 AM Best
5:37 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
71°
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.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 2:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:36 PM Dark enough
8:37 PM Moonset
2:21 AM Best
5:37 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
78°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

Waxing crescent

16% lit

11:09 AM – 8:37 PM

SE SW
11:09 AM Moonrise
11:33 AM 4°
3:53 PM Highest, 28°
8:13 PM 4°
8:37 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 6:41 AM–7:06 AM
  • Sunrise 7:06 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:06 AM–7:41 AM
  • Morning best color 7:17 AM
  • Moonrise 11:10 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:32 PM–6:06 PM
  • Sunset 6:06 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:06 PM–6:32 PM
  • Evening best color 6:21 PM
  • Fully dark 7:30 PM–5:43 AM
  • Moonset 8:37 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:40 PM–5:43 AM

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