Los Angeles, California, United States

Monday, October 27, 2025

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That morning

Sunrise

7:08 AM

7:08 AM

Clears the hills at 7:12 AM, 4 min after sunrise

6:43 AM Blue hour
7:08 AM Sunrise
7:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:04 PM

6:04 PM

Behind the hills at 6:01 PM, 3 min before sunset

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

5:30 PM Golden hour
6:04 PM Sunset
6:30 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-21

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 5:43 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Heading your way
When
5:43 PM
Highest around 5:47 PM
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.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:49 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:34 PM Dark enough
10:28 PM Moonset
4:49 AM Best
5:39 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 1:49 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:34 PM Dark enough
10:28 PM Moonset
1:49 AM Best
5:39 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 2:19 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:34 PM Dark enough
10:28 PM Moonset
2:19 AM Best
5:39 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

32% lit

12:50 PM – 10:28 PM

SE SW
12:50 PM Moonrise
1:14 PM 4°
5:39 PM Highest, 29°
10:05 PM 4°
10:28 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 6:43 AM–7:08 AM
  • Sunrise 7:08 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:08 AM–7:43 AM
  • Morning best color 7:19 AM
  • Moonrise 12:50 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:30 PM–6:04 PM
  • Sunset 6:04 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:04 PM–6:30 PM
  • Evening best color 6:19 PM
  • Fully dark 7:29 PM–5:45 AM
  • Moonset 10:28 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:39 PM–5:45 AM

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