Tampa, Florida, United States

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-28

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 12:05 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
12:05 AM
Highest around 12:08 AM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
14°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - Just Read the Instructions
Too far downrange to see

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

6:53 AM

6:53 AM

6:28 AM Blue hour
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:27 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:36 PM

5:36 PM

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

5:02 PM Golden hour
5:36 PM Sunset
6:01 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:51 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:06 PM Dark enough
10:39 PM Moonset
12:51 AM Best
5:24 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
86°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 12:51 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:06 PM Dark enough
10:39 PM Moonset
12:51 AM Best
5:24 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
78°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

Dust from Comet Encke, which goes round the Sun every 3.3 years, the shortest of any bright comet. Its stream is old and spread wide, so the Taurids last for weeks and carry larger pieces than most: the 'Halloween fireballs'.

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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Meteor shower

Leonids

Best around 4:36 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:06 PM Dark enough
10:39 PM Moonset
4:36 AM Best
5:24 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
60°
Under a perfect sky
15/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
71 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Tempel-Tuttle (55P/Tempel-Tuttle)

Dust from Comet Tempel-Tuttle, which comes round every 33 years. When Earth runs through a fresh trail just after the comet passes, the Leonids turn into storms, as in 1833, 1966 and 2001.

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 modest, but about every 33 years it has produced the biggest meteor storms on record.

Moon

Waxing crescent

31% lit

12:03 PM – 10:39 PM

ESE WSW
12:03 PM Moonrise
12:24 PM 4°
5:22 PM Highest, 38°
10:19 PM 4°
10:39 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:28 AM–6:53 AM
  • Sunrise 6:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:53 AM–7:27 AM
  • Morning best color 7:11 AM
  • Moonrise 12:04 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:02 PM–5:36 PM
  • Evening best color 5:21 PM
  • Sunset 5:36 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:36 PM–6:01 PM
  • Fully dark 6:57 PM–5:33 AM
  • Moonset 10:40 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:47 PM–5:33 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Tampa, Florida, United States

Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 7:07 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 7:07 PM Leonids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 7:07 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 7:06 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 7:06 PM Leonids Around 10 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 7:06 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 13.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:15 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.7% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:22 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 30.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:34 PM Total lunar eclipse 68% 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 1:31 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it