South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

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South Padre Island, Texas, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:56 AM

6:56 AM

6:31 AM Blue hour
6:56 AM Sunrise
7:28 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:13 PM

8:13 PM

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

7:41 PM Golden hour
8:13 PM Sunset
8:38 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 18 an hour

Best around 5:13 AM

The night9:43 PM – 5:26 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
48°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
46% lost
Speed
59 km/s

The rate at the top 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 most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 9:37 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:37 PM to 11:47 PM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 35° above it
Highest at
10:17 PM
Sky fully dark
9:37 PM to 5:32 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.

Moon

Waning gibbous

65% lit

11:15 PM – 12:27 PM

E WNW
11:15 PM Moonrise
11:33 PM 4°
5:48 AM Highest, 76°
12:09 PM 4°
12:27 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 6:31 AM–6:56 AM
  • Morning best color 6:41 AM
  • Sunrise 6:56 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:56 AM–7:28 AM
  • Moonset 12:28 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:41 PM–8:13 PM
  • Sunset 8:13 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:13 PM–8:38 PM
  • Evening best color 8:29 PM
  • Fully dark 9:37 PM–5:32 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:37 PM–11:57 PM
  • Moonrise 11:51 PM

Upcoming celestial events for South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, SSW to SSE, 35 deg up
Mon 19 Oct 2026 8:08 PM Orionids Active, around 15 an hour
Mon 19 Oct 2026 8:27 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WSW to W, 24 deg up
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:45 PM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:26 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:24 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:24 PM Halloween Halloween night in South Padre Island - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 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