Orlando, Florida, USA

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA
High 83°F, low 72°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

A few an hour

Best around 8:33 PM

The night8:33 PM – 5:52 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
50°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 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.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

That morning

Sunrise

Fair

7:22 AM

Very LowExcellent

Rated Very Low by the people who watched it.

Cloud
100%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
100%
Wind
5 mph
6:58 AM Blue hour
7:17 AM Best color
7:22 AM Sunrise
7:53 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 11 well-rated past sunrises here.

Sunset

Very Low

7:03 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
100%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
90%
Wind
6 mph
6:31 PM Golden hour
7:03 PM Sunset
7:11 PM Best color
7:26 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 13 well-rated past sunsets here.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 8:21 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:21 PM to 10:01 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 23° above it
Highest at
8:21 PM
Sky fully dark
8:21 PM to 6:04 AM
Sky darkness
None
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 crescent

4% lit

5:20 AM – 5:50 PM

E W
5:20 AM Moonrise
5:39 AM 4°
11:36 AM Highest, 63°
5:32 PM 4°
5:50 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 75°F Overcast
100% dry 100% 5 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 80°F Slight rain
100% 1.4 mm 78% 4 mph
Evening 7 PM 77°F Overcast
100% dry 90% 6 mph
Late Night 11 PM 72°F Slight rain
100% 1.8 mm 91% 11 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:58 AM–7:22 AM
  • Morning best color 7:17 AM
  • Sunrise 7:22 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:22 AM–7:53 AM
  • Moonset 5:51 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:31 PM–7:03 PM
  • Sunset 7:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:03 PM–7:26 PM
  • Evening best color 7:11 PM
  • Fully dark 8:21 PM–6:04 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:21 PM–6:04 AM

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