Tampa, Florida, United States

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Tampa, Florida, United States

That morning

Sunrise

7:40 AM

7:40 AM

7:16 AM Blue hour
7:40 AM Sunrise
8:13 AM Golden hour ends

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 2:01 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:16 PM Dark enough
2:01 AM Best
3:19 AM Moonset
6:11 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
77°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
26% 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.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 2:01 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:16 PM Dark enough
2:01 AM Best
3:19 AM Moonset
6:11 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
82°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
26% lost
Speed
29 km/s

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

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright 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.

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

Event

Halloween

US holiday

Halloween night in Tampa - waxing gibbous moon

Evening from 6:00 PM

Trick-or-treat sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:46 PM
Moon
73% lit
Up from the start
Cloud at 7 PM
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
6 to 9 PM
Where the Moon is
S, 53° up
at 9:30 PM

Halloween is the evening before All Saints' Day on November 1 - All Hallows' Eve. It draws on Samhain, the Gaelic festival at the end of the harvest that marked the start of winter, when the boundary with the world of the dead was thought to be thin.

The first jack-o'-lanterns in Ireland and Scotland were carved from turnips. In North America the pumpkin took their place.

Sunset

6:46 PM

6:46 PM

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

6:13 PM Golden hour
6:46 PM Sunset
7:10 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

70% lit

3:39 PM – 3:19 AM

ESE WSW
3:39 PM Moonrise
3:57 PM 4°
9:29 PM Highest, 53°
3:01 AM 4°
3:19 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:18 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:16 AM–7:40 AM
  • Sunrise 7:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:40 AM–8:13 AM
  • Morning best color 7:58 AM
  • Moonrise 3:40 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:13 PM–6:46 PM
  • Evening best color 6:31 PM
  • Sunset 6:46 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:46 PM–7:10 PM
  • Fully dark 8:05 PM–6:21 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:25 AM–6:21 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Tampa, Florida, United States

International Space Station Bright pass, NNW to ESE, 41 deg up
Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:58 AM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Tampa - sunset at 5:44 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:44 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to N, 16 deg up
Mon 2 Nov 2026 7:12 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 2 Nov 2026 7:14 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 2 Nov 2026 7:14 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:13 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 13.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:15 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.7% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:22 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 30.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:34 PM Total lunar eclipse 68% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:31 PM

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