TODAY
Orlando, Florida, USA
High 82°F, low 66°F.

Sunrise

Good

7:34 AM

Very LowExcellent

Some ground mist and dew likely in low spots at sunrise.

High cloud
0%catches the color
Low cloud
30%toward the horizon, blocks the light
Rain chance
0%
Humidity
85%
7:09 AM Blue hour
7:34 AM Sunrise
7:43 AM Best color
8:06 AM Golden hour ends

Current local time: 3:02 AM

No cloud overhead to catch the color, so it shows on the horizon and any distant clouds as the sun comes up - learned from 113 rated clear past sunrises across every place Sky Time tracks.

Later today

Sunset

Fair

6:44 PM

Very LowExcellent
High cloud
13%catches the color
Low cloud
16%toward the horizon, blocks the light
Rain chance
1%
Humidity
72%
6:11 PM Golden hour
6:44 PM Sunset
6:54 PM Best color
7:08 PM Blue hour ends

Current local time: 3:02 AM

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 5 past sunsets here that were rated excellent.

Event

Stargazing

Best around 8:30 PM tonight

Very LowExcellent
8:03 PM Dark enough
8:30 PM Best
6:15 AM Too light

Current local time: 3:02 AM

At its best
Very Low
held back by sky glow
Darkness
Fully dark
100% of a perfect sky
Clouds
Partly cloudy
59% of a perfect sky
Rain
No rain on the radar
100% of a perfect sky
Moon
Moon 95% lit, low
87% of a perfect sky
Sky glow
Bright city sky
30% of a perfect sky

These are at the best time, from the forecast. The bar is the best half hour of the dark: how dark the sky is, the cloud, rain, the Moon's glare and the light pollution here, each taking its share off a perfect night.

Moon, up now

Waning gibbous

98% lit

6:57 PM – 9:10 AM

ENE WNW
6:57 PM Moonrise
7:17 PM 4°
2:00 AM Highest, 84°
8:50 AM 4°
9:10 AM Moonset

Current local time: 3:02 AM

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

Weather forecast

Morning 9 AM 72°F Clear sky
5% 0% 74% 10 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 82°F Clear sky
54% 0% 55% 17 mph
Evening 7 PM 72°F Overcast
70% 1% 75% 9 mph
Late Night 11 PM 68°F Clear sky
37% 1% 78% 9 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:09 AM–7:34 AM
  • Sunrise 7:34 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:34 AM–8:06 AM
  • Morning best color 7:43 AM
  • Moonset 9:11 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:11 PM–6:44 PM
  • Sunset 6:44 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:44 PM–7:08 PM
  • Evening best color 6:54 PM
  • Night 7:08 PM–7:10 AM
  • Moonrise 7:45 PM
  • Fully dark 8:03 PM–6:15 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Tomorrow

© OpenFreeMap © OpenStreetMap
Cloud, aurora and darkness around Orlando, Florida, USA

Next few days

Pick a date
Wed, Oct 28
Fair 7:16 AM–7:52 AM
Low 6:25 PM–7:01 PM
Thu, Oct 29
Fair 7:17 AM–7:53 AM
Fair 6:24 PM–7:00 PM
Fri, Oct 30
Good 7:18 AM–7:54 AM
Fair 6:23 PM–6:59 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, N to ENE, 16 deg up
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:57 AM Halloween Halloween night in Orlando - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Orlando - sunset at 5:40 PM Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:40 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird 14-16 No date yet - NET Q4 2026 Sun 1 Nov 2026 Falcon 9 Block 5 | CHORUS No date yet - NET Q4 2026 Sun 1 Nov 2026 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Inmarsat-7 F1 No date yet - NET Q4 2026 Sun 1 Nov 2026 Vulcan VC4L | Dream Chaser CRS 2 Flight 1 No date yet - NET Q4 2026 Sun 1 Nov 2026 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25 No date yet - NET November 2026 Sun 1 Nov 2026 Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo No date yet - NET November 2026 Sun 1 Nov 2026 Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Orlando - sunset at 5:39 PM Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:39 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:08 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Veterans Day Veterans Day in Orlando - sunset at 5:34 PM Wed 11 Nov 2026 5:34 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 7:03 PM Leonids Around 10 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 7:01 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 5:25 PM in the ENE Tue 24 Nov 2026 5:25 PM Thanksgiving Thanksgiving in Orlando - sunset at 5:28 PM Thu 26 Nov 2026 5:28 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer D No date yet - NET December 2026 Tue 1 Dec 2026 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telesat Lightspeed 1 No date yet - NET December 2026 Tue 1 Dec 2026 Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One No date yet - NET December 2026 Tue 1 Dec 2026 New Glenn | Blue Ring-1 No date yet - NET December 2026 Tue 1 Dec 2026 First day of Hanukkah First day of Hanukkah in Orlando - sunset at 5:28 PM Sat 5 Dec 2026 5:28 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:40 AM Tue 8 Dec 2026 7:50 PM Geminids Around 146 an hour
Sun 13 Dec 2026 7:00 PM Winter solstice Shortest day, 10h 19m of light · sunset 5:33 PM in the WSW Mon 21 Dec 2026 3:50 PM Ursids A few an hour
Mon 21 Dec 2026 7:03 PM Full Cold Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 5:10 PM in the ENE Wed 23 Dec 2026 5:10 PM Christmas Day Christmas night in Orlando - waning gibbous moon Fri 25 Dec 2026 5:35 PM New Year's Day New Year's Day in Orlando - the year's first sunset at 5:40 PM Fri 1 Jan 2027 5:40 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | 5x Astranis MicroGEO No date yet - NET Q1 2027 Fri 1 Jan 2027 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 5 No date yet - NET January 2027 Fri 1 Jan 2027 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Haven-1 No date yet - NET Q1 2027 Fri 1 Jan 2027 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-3 No date yet - NET Q1 2027 Fri 1 Jan 2027 Falcon 9 Block 5 | OneWeb 21 No date yet - NET Q1 2027 Fri 1 Jan 2027 Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer C No date yet - NET January 2027 Fri 1 Jan 2027 New Glenn | Blue Moon Pathfinder No date yet - NET Q1 2027 Fri 1 Jan 2027 Nova | AstroForge Autonomy-1 No date yet - NET Q1 2027 Fri 1 Jan 2027 Quadrantids Around 11 an hour
Sat 2 Jan 2027 7:10 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:10 PM to 5:50 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 3:22 PM Martin Luther King Jr. Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Orlando - sunset at 5:53 PM Mon 18 Jan 2027 5:53 PM Full Wolf Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 5:08 PM in the ENE Thu 21 Jan 2027 5:08 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | SICRAL 3A No date yet - NET February 2027 Mon 1 Feb 2027 New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 5:50 AM Fri 5 Feb 2027 10:56 AM Ramadan begins Ramadan begins in Orlando - iftar at sunset, 6:10 PM Mon 8 Feb 2027 6:10 PM Milky Way Visible 4:24 AM to 5:44 AM with no moon, 20° above the southeastern horizon - 6 nights 9 Feb to 14 Feb
Sun 14 Feb 2027 4:24 AM Presidents' Day Presidents' Day in Orlando - sunset at 6:15 PM Mon 15 Feb 2027 6:15 PM Full Snow Moon Rises 6:16 PM in the E Sat 20 Feb 2027 6:16 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-14 No date yet - NET March 2027 Mon 1 Mar 2027 New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 7 Mar 2027 4:31 AM Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Fitr in Orlando - sunset at 6:30 PM Tue 9 Mar 2027 6:30 PM Milky Way Visible 3:31 AM to 6:16 AM with no moon, 29° above the south-southeastern horizon - 14 nights 3 Mar to 16 Mar
Sun 14 Mar 2027 3:31 AM St Patrick's Day St Patrick's Day in Orlando - sunset at 7:35 PM Wed 17 Mar 2027 7:35 PM Spring equinox Sunset due west, 7:36 PM Sat 20 Mar 2027 4:24 PM Full Worm Moon Rises 7:06 PM in the E Sun 21 Mar 2027 7:06 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | AYAP-1 No date yet - NET April 2027 Thu 1 Apr 2027 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 6 No date yet - NET April 2027 Thu 1 Apr 2027 Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer C No date yet - NET Q2 2027 Thu 1 Apr 2027 Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer D No date yet - NET Q2 2027 Thu 1 Apr 2027 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Trinity No date yet - NET Q2 2027 Thu 1 Apr 2027 Vulcan | USSF-95 No date yet - NET Q2 2027 Thu 1 Apr 2027 New moon Moonless and fully dark 9:10 PM to 5:40 AM Tue 6 Apr 2027 7:56 PM Milky Way Visible 1:39 AM to 5:41 AM with no moon, 32° above the southern horizon - 16 nights 30 Mar to 14 Apr
Sun 11 Apr 2027 1:39 AM Full Pink Moon Rises 7:58 PM in the ESE Tue 20 Apr 2027 7:58 PM Lyrids Around 6 an hour
Wed 21 Apr 2027 9:24 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer I No date yet - NET May 2027 Sat 1 May 2027 Eta Aquariids Around 14 an hour
Wed 5 May 2027 9:32 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 9:30 PM to 5:10 AM Wed 5 May 2027 7:06 AM Milky Way Visible 12:00 AM to 5:12 AM with no moon, 32° above the southern horizon - 17 nights 28 Apr to 14 May
Fri 7 May 2027 12:00 AM Eid al-Adha Eid al-Adha in Orlando - sunset at 8:09 PM Sun 16 May 2027 8:09 PM Full Flower Moon Rises 7:49 PM in the ESE Wed 19 May 2027 7:49 PM Memorial Day Memorial Day in Orlando - sunset at 8:18 PM Mon 31 May 2027 8:18 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | KOMPSAT-7A No date yet - NET June 2027 Tue 1 Jun 2027 Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer J No date yet - NET June 2027 Tue 1 Jun 2027 New Glenn | Blue Origin HLS LEO Demo No date yet - NET June 2027 Tue 1 Jun 2027 SLS Block 1 | Artemis III No date yet - NET June 2027 Tue 1 Jun 2027 Starship | SpaceX HLS LEO Demo No date yet - NET June 2027 Tue 1 Jun 2027 Milky Way Visible 10:12 PM to 4:54 AM with no moon, 33° above the southern horizon - 17 nights 27 May to 12 Jun
Thu 3 Jun 2027 10:12 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 10:00 PM to 4:50 AM Fri 4 Jun 2027 3:47 PM Full Strawberry Moon Rises 8:31 PM in the ESE Fri 18 Jun 2027 8:31 PM Juneteenth Juneteenth in Orlando - sunset at 8:25 PM Sat 19 Jun 2027 8:25 PM Summer solstice Longest day, 13h 58m of light · sunset 8:26 PM in the WNW Mon 21 Jun 2027 10:10 AM Milky Way Visible 10:00 PM to 4:30 AM with no moon, 33° above the southern horizon - 17 nights 25 Jun to 11 Jul
Thu 1 Jul 2027 10:00 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Haven-1 Crew-1 No date yet - NET July 2027 Thu 1 Jul 2027 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vast-PAM-1 No date yet - NET Q3 2027 Thu 1 Jul 2027 New moon (supermoon) Moonless and fully dark 10:10 PM to 4:50 AM Sat 3 Jul 2027 11:07 PM Independence Day The Fourth of July in Orlando - sunset at 8:27 PM, then fireworks Sun 4 Jul 2027 9:12 PM Full Buck Moon (micromoon) Micromoon - rises 8:38 PM in the ESE Sun 18 Jul 2027 8:38 PM Southern Delta Aquariids Around 14 an hour
Tue 27 Jul 2027 9:49 PM Milky Way Visible 9:46 PM to 2:46 AM with no moon, 32° above the southern horizon - 16 nights 25 Jul to 9 Aug
Thu 29 Jul 2027 9:46 PM New moon (supermoon) Moonless and fully dark 9:50 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 1 Aug 2027 6:07 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | COSI No date yet - NET August 2027 Sun 1 Aug 2027 Perseids Around 73 an hour
Thu 12 Aug 2027 9:37 PM Full Sturgeon Moon Rises 7:46 PM in the ESE Mon 16 Aug 2027 7:46 PM Milky Way Visible 9:17 PM to 12:57 AM with no moon, 32° above the southern horizon - 14 nights 23 Aug to 5 Sep
Wed 25 Aug 2027 9:17 PM Black Moon (supermoon) Moonless and fully dark 9:10 PM to 5:40 AM Tue 31 Aug 2027 1:39 PM Labor Day Labor Day in Orlando - sunset at 7:41 PM Mon 6 Sep 2027 7:41 PM Full Harvest Moon Rises 7:15 PM in the E Wed 15 Sep 2027 7:15 PM Milky Way Visible 8:41 PM to 11:11 PM with no moon, 28° above the south-southwestern horizon - 12 nights 21 Sep to 2 Oct
Wed 22 Sep 2027 8:41 PM Autumn equinox Sunset due west, 7:21 PM Thu 23 Sep 2027 2:01 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:40 PM to 5:50 AM Wed 29 Sep 2027 10:33 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Arabsat 7A No date yet - NET October 2027 Fri 1 Oct 2027 Draconids A few an hour
Fri 8 Oct 2027 8:33 PM Indigenous Peoples' Day Indigenous Peoples' Day in Orlando - sunset at 7:00 PM Mon 11 Oct 2027 7:00 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:48 PM in the ENE Fri 15 Oct 2027 6:48 PM Orionids Around 9 an hour
Wed 20 Oct 2027 8:21 PM Milky Way Visible 8:09 PM to 9:19 PM with no moon, 18° above the southwestern horizon - 4 nights 21 Oct to 24 Oct
Thu 21 Oct 2027 8:09 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:10 PM to 6:10 AM Thu 28 Oct 2027 9:34 AM Halloween Halloween night in Orlando - waxing crescent moon Sun 31 Oct 2027 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Orlando - sunset at 6:40 PM Mon 1 Nov 2027 6:40 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | SICRAL 3B No date yet - NET November 2027 Mon 1 Nov 2027 Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Orlando - sunset at 6:40 PM Tue 2 Nov 2027 6:40 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 4 Nov 2027 8:08 PM Veterans Day Veterans Day in Orlando - sunset at 5:34 PM Thu 11 Nov 2027 5:34 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 11 Nov 2027 7:04 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 5:02 PM in the ENE Sat 13 Nov 2027 5:02 PM Leonids A few an hour
Tue 16 Nov 2027 7:01 PM Thanksgiving Thanksgiving in Orlando - sunset at 5:29 PM Thu 25 Nov 2027 5:29 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:30 AM Sat 27 Nov 2027 10:24 PM Full Cold Moon Rises 5:32 PM in the ENE Mon 13 Dec 2027 5:32 PM Geminids Around 30 an hour
Mon 13 Dec 2027 7:00 PM Winter solstice Shortest day, 10h 19m of light · sunset 5:33 PM in the WSW Tue 21 Dec 2027 9:42 PM Ursids A few an hour
Tue 21 Dec 2027 7:03 PM First day of Hanukkah First day of Hanukkah in Orlando - sunset at 5:35 PM Sat 25 Dec 2027 5:35 PM Christmas Day Christmas night in Orlando - waning crescent moon Sat 25 Dec 2027 5:35 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 12.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:18 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM 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

Night sky photos

2012-02-27 21-38-50-m44-42f-41d-8o 2012-02-27 21-38-50-m44-42f-41d-8o Photo: Thomas Bresson, CC BY 3.0 Fairy of Eagle Nebula Fairy of Eagle Nebula Photo: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), Public domain Thomas Bresson - Mosaique-ecl-lune-20091231 (by) Thomas Bresson - Mosaique-ecl-lune-20091231 (by) Photo: Thomas Bresson, CC BY 2.0 Faint aurora, a meteorite and some clouds over Tuntorp Faint aurora, a meteorite and some clouds over Tuntorp Photo: W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0 NGC 3324 Nebulosa Gabriela Mistral y y NGC 3293 Cúmulo estelar abierto "Gemas" en banda es NGC 3324 Nebulosa Gabriela Mistral y y NGC 3293 Cúmulo estelar abierto "Gemas" en banda es Photo: Cappellettiariel, CC BY-SA 4.0 VISTA's infrared view of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) VISTA's infrared view of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) Photo: ESO/VVV, CC BY 4.0 NGC 2403 - A Galaxy of Birth and Death (iotw2221a) NGC 2403 - A Galaxy of Birth and Death (iotw2221a) Photo: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. T. Patterson (New Mexico State University) Image proces, CC BY 4.0 M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), M32 and M110 (RGB, H-alpha & OIII) M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), M32 and M110 (RGB, H-alpha & OIII) Photo: Sergio Díaz-Ruiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 The spectacular star-forming Carina Nebula imaged by the VLT Survey Telescope The spectacular star-forming Carina Nebula imaged by the VLT Survey Telescope Photo: ESO, CC BY 4.0 2012-07-17 13-30-54-sun-halpha 2012-07-17 13-30-54-sun-halpha Photo: Thomas Bresson, CC BY 3.0 Orion Nebula multiband 2x2 mosaic - RGB Orion Nebula multiband 2x2 mosaic - RGB Photo: Brainandforce, CC BY 4.0 Pink aurora with two small Perseid meteors over Tuntorp Pink aurora with two small Perseid meteors over Tuntorp Photo: W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tag @skytime.earth on Instagram in your sky photos to be shown here. Other photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each.

More skies

Orlando, Florida, USA Central Florida, USA Good sunrise · 7:34 AM New York City, USA New York, USA Good sunrise · 7:20 AM London, England, United Kingdom Low sunrise · 6:45 AM