Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
High 98°F, low 71°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

A few an hour

Best around 7:44 PM

The night7:44 PM – 5:12 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

6:41 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
0%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
19%
Wind
2 mph
6:15 AM Blue hour
6:41 AM Sunrise
6:51 AM Best color
7:15 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 4 well-rated past sunrises at Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, 272 km away.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Bright pass, WNW to ENE

Rose 5:58 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Rising, then up to N
When
5:58 AM
until 6:04 AM
Visible for
5m 40s
Highest
35° N
Ends
Sets ENE

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

Sunset

Low

6:13 PM

Very LowExcellent

Rated Fair by the people who watched it.

Cloud
0%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
13%
Wind
4 mph
5:39 PM Golden hour
6:13 PM Best color
6:13 PM Sunset
6:39 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 28 camera photos of past sunsets here.

Moon

Waning crescent

4% lit

4:39 AM – 5:08 PM

E W
4:39 AM Moonrise
4:59 AM 4°
10:55 AM Highest, 55°
4:48 PM 4°
5:08 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 82°F Clear sky
0% dry 19% 2 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 97°F Clear sky
0% dry 13% 4 mph
Evening 7 PM 87°F Clear sky
0% dry 13% 4 mph
Late Night 11 PM 77°F Clear sky
0% dry 18% 5 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:39 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:15 AM–6:41 AM
  • Sunrise 6:41 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:41 AM–7:15 AM
  • Morning best color 6:51 AM
  • Moonset 5:08 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:39 PM–6:13 PM
  • Evening best color 6:13 PM
  • Sunset 6:13 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:13 PM–6:39 PM
  • Fully dark 7:39 PM–5:17 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:39 PM–5:17 AM

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Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:29 AM Total lunar eclipse 61% of it above your horizon
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Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:29 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
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