Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
High 87°F, low 56°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

A few an hour

Best around 7:50 PM

The night7:50 PM – 5:19 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

6:48 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
2%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
70%
Wind
2 mph
6:22 AM Blue hour
6:39 AM Best color
6:48 AM Sunrise
7:22 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 32 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Modest pass, NNE to ENE

Rose 4:54 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNE
Rising, then up to NNE
When
4:54 AM
until 4:55 AM
Visible for
1m 40s
Highest
24° NNE
Ends
Sets ENE

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

Sunset

Low

6:20 PM

Very LowExcellent

Rated Good by the people who watched it.

Cloud
0%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
24%
Wind
5 mph
5:46 PM Golden hour
6:14 PM Best color
6:20 PM Sunset
6:46 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 35 camera photos of past sunsets here.

Moon

Waning crescent

4% lit

4:40 AM – 5:12 PM

E W
4:40 AM Moonrise
5:00 AM 4°
10:58 AM Highest, 56°
4:53 PM 4°
5:12 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 68°F Clear sky
2% dry 70% 2 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 85°F Clear sky
1% dry 44% 4 mph
Evening 7 PM 76°F Clear sky
0% dry 24% 5 mph
Late Night 11 PM 65°F Overcast
100% dry 33% 2 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:40 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:22 AM–6:48 AM
  • Morning best color 6:39 AM
  • Sunrise 6:48 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:48 AM–7:22 AM
  • Moonset 5:13 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:46 PM–6:20 PM
  • Evening best color 6:14 PM
  • Sunset 6:20 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:20 PM–6:46 PM
  • Fully dark 7:46 PM–5:23 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:46 PM–5:23 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Mon 19 Oct 2026 5:30 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:34 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:26 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:26 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 10:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 4.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 8:22 AM Partial solar eclipse 48.3% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 11:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 10:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 4:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 9.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 1:19 PM Total lunar eclipse 80% 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 Totality lasts 95 minutes
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