Orlando, Florida, USA

Monday, October 8, 2029

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Orlando, Florida, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:22 AM

7:22 AM

6:58 AM Blue hour
7:22 AM Sunrise
7:54 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:03 PM

7:03 PM

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

6:31 PM Golden hour
7:03 PM Sunset
7:26 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Draconids

Best around 8:33 PM

Very LowExcellent
8:33 PM Dark enough
5:53 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
50°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Giacobini-Zinner (21P)

Dust from Comet Giacobini-Zinner, which returns every six and a half years. Most years it is quiet, but when Earth meets a fresh trail, as in 1933 and 1946, it has given storms of thousands an hour.

The estimate 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.

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.

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.

Event

Indigenous Peoples' Day

US holiday

Indigenous Peoples' Day in Orlando - sunset at 7:03 PM

Evening from 7:03 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
7:03 PM
Sun toward W
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
2% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
W, 6° up
at 6:33 PM

The second Monday of October honors the Native peoples of the Americas - the first peoples of this land, and their histories, cultures and nations, which continue today.

The federal holiday on that day is officially Columbus Day; many states, cities and tribal nations keep it as Indigenous Peoples' Day instead, and a president first proclaimed it in 2021.

Moon

New moon

1% lit

8:15 AM – 7:32 PM

ESE WSW
8:15 AM Moonrise
8:35 AM 4°
1:54 PM Highest, 46°
7:13 PM 4°
7:32 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 6:58 AM–7:22 AM
  • Sunrise 7:22 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:22 AM–7:54 AM
  • Morning best color 7:33 AM
  • Moonrise 8:16 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:31 PM–7:03 PM
  • Evening best color 6:53 PM
  • Sunset 7:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:03 PM–7:26 PM
  • Moonset 7:33 PM
  • Fully dark 8:21 PM–6:04 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:21 PM–6:04 AM

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