Tonight at Sunset – October 10, 2021

Tonight at Sunset 🌇

At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 57 degrees. The dew point will be 54 degrees. There will be a east-southeast breeze at 7 mph.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 22% illuminated. At 12 PM, the moon was in the east-southeast (122°) at an altitude of 0° from the horizon, some 226,305 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by March 31st. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The moon will set in the southwest (236°) at 9:11 pm. The Hunter 🏹 Moon is on Wednesday, October 20.

But first this afternoon…. 🌥

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:46 pm with sun having an altitude of 40.7° from the due south horizon (-30.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:47 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (255°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (262°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:25 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:52 pm, which is one minute and 41 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇