Orlando, Florida, USA

Wednesday, April 24, 2030

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Orlando, Florida, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:50 AM

6:50 AM

6:26 AM Blue hour
6:50 AM Sunrise
7:22 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:56 PM

7:56 PM

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

7:24 PM Golden hour
7:56 PM Sunset
8:21 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 4:26 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:26 PM Dark enough
2:32 AM Moonrise
4:26 AM Best
5:19 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
76°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
20% lost
Speed
49 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1)

Dust from Comet Thatcher, which comes round about every 415 years and was last near the Sun in 1861. Chinese astronomers recorded the Lyrids in 687 BC, the oldest shower on record.

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.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 4:26 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:26 PM Dark enough
2:32 AM Moonrise
4:26 AM Best
5:19 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
15°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
20% lost
Speed
66 km/s

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

Dust shed by Halley's Comet on its earlier passes. Earth meets Halley's stream twice a year: in May as the Eta Aquariids and in October as the Orionids.

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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 12:50 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
12:50 AM to 2:30 AM
Where to look
Southeastern horizon, up to 23° above it
Highest at
2:30 AM
Sky fully dark
9:20 PM to 5:25 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.

Moon

Last quarter

51% lit

1:51 AM – 12:59 PM

ESE WSW
1:51 AM Moonrise
2:10 AM 4°
7:24 AM Highest, 45°
12:39 PM 4°
12:59 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:51 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:26 AM–6:50 AM
  • Sunrise 6:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:50 AM–7:22 AM
  • Morning best color 7:01 AM
  • Moonset 12:59 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:24 PM–7:56 PM
  • Evening best color 7:46 PM
  • Sunset 7:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:56 PM–8:21 PM
  • Fully dark 9:20 PM–5:25 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:20 PM–2:40 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

Partial solar eclipse 29.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:31 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:32 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it