Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
High 92°F, low 62°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

A few an hour

Best around 7:32 PM

The night7:32 PM – 5:00 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
56°
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

6:29 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
0%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
25%
Wind
1 mph
6:03 AM Blue hour
6:29 AM Sunrise
6:39 AM Best color
7:03 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 4 well-rated past sunrises here.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Modest pass, NE to ENE

Rose 4:26 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NE
Rising, then up to NE
When
4:26 AM
until 4:27 AM
Visible for
1m 10s
Highest
20° NE
Ends
Sets ENE

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Bright pass, WNW to ENE

Rose 5:59 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Rising, then up to NNE
When
5:59 AM
until 6:03 AM
Visible for
4m 30s
Highest
38° NNE
Ends
Fades at 22°

It will not set - it flies into the Earth's shadow and fades out in a few seconds.

Sunset

Fair

6:01 PM

Very LowExcellent

Rated Fair by the people who watched it.

Cloud
0%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
17%
Wind
8 mph
5:27 PM Golden hour
5:48 PM Best color
6:01 PM Sunset
6:27 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 40 camera photos of past sunsets here.

Moon

Waning crescent

4% lit

4:26 AM – 4:56 PM

E W
4:26 AM Moonrise
4:46 AM 4°
10:43 AM Highest, 55°
4:36 PM 4°
4:56 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 76°F Clear sky
0% dry 25% 1 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 91°F Clear sky
0% dry 15% 9 mph
Evening 7 PM 79°F Clear sky
0% dry 17% 8 mph
Late Night 11 PM 75°F Clear sky
0% dry 15% 2 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:26 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:03 AM–6:29 AM
  • Sunrise 6:29 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:29 AM–7:03 AM
  • Morning best color 6:39 AM
  • Moonset 4:56 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:27 PM–6:01 PM
  • Evening best color 5:48 PM
  • Sunset 6:01 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:01 PM–6:27 PM
  • Fully dark 7:27 PM–5:05 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:27 PM–5:05 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Orionids Active, around 6 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 7:21 PM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:16 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:10 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:10 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:59 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:30 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 12:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:53 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 9:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 7:32 AM Partial solar eclipse 57.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 9:33 AM Total lunar eclipse 68% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.4% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 2:50 PM Partial solar eclipse 23.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 7:46 PM Total lunar eclipse 62% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it