South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Sunday, October 21, 2029

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South Padre Island, Texas, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:31 AM

7:31 AM

7:07 AM Blue hour
7:31 AM Sunrise
8:02 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Micromoon - rises 6:22 PM in the ENE

6:22 PM – 7:43 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

ENE WNW
6:22 PM Moonrise
6:40 PM 4°
1:01 AM Highest, 79°
7:25 AM 4°
7:43 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:22 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
4:27 AM
Distance
252,050 mi - micromoon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Sunset

6:55 PM

6:55 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

6:23 PM Golden hour
6:55 PM Sunset
7:18 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 5:10 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:25 PM Dark enough
5:10 AM Best
6:01 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
77°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
65% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:51 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:07 AM–7:31 AM
  • Sunrise 7:31 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:31 AM–8:02 AM
  • Morning best color 7:42 AM
  • Moonrise 6:22 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:23 PM–6:55 PM
  • Evening best color 6:37 PM
  • Sunset 6:55 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:55 PM–7:18 PM
  • Fully dark 8:12 PM–6:14 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Partial solar eclipse 23.3% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:26 PM Total lunar eclipse 98% 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 96% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 9:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 66.8% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 12:03 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it