Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Columbus Day (observed), Monday, October 10th.  The sun will rise at 7:51.  It’ll be up for 11 hours and 16 minutes, setting at 7:07.   The moon, 1 day before full, will set at 7:31 tomorrow morning.

Last Saturday nights International Observe the Moon Night coincided with the Draconid meteor shower.  The Draconids are a periodic shower, not good most years, and when they do appear the shower, or rather meteor storm doesn’t last very long.  The bright moon didn’t help, and the peak was predicted to occur in the afternoon our time.  The meteors did appears, and right on time, too early for us to have seen it.  The best way to detect them with a bright moon is with radio.  And using that technique the estimated the peak of Draconid meteors was over 200 per hour. The responsible comet, Giacobini-Zinner, will pass our orbit next February, and may give us a chance to spot the Draconids in darker skies next year.

* Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.  They may be different for your location.