Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:01 AM

7:01 AM

6:32 AM Blue hour
7:01 AM Sunrise
7:41 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-29

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 2:47 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
2:47 AM
Highest around 2:56 AM
Distance
749 mi
Climbs to
10°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
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.

Sunset

4:51 PM

4:51 PM

Behind the hills at 4:43 PM, 8 min before sunset

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

4:11 PM Golden hour
4:51 PM Sunset
5:20 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:36 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:21 PM Dark enough
12:36 AM Best
2:41 AM Moonset
5:32 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
75°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
37% lost
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.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

75% lit

2:16 PM – 2:41 AM

E W
2:16 PM Moonrise
2:37 PM 4°
8:27 PM Highest, 51°
2:20 AM 4°
2:41 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 1:30 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:32 AM–7:01 AM
  • Sunrise 7:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:01 AM–7:41 AM
  • Morning best color 7:07 AM
  • Moonrise 2:16 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:11 PM–4:51 PM
  • Evening best color 4:46 PM
  • Sunset 4:51 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:51 PM–5:20 PM
  • Fully dark 6:25 PM–5:28 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:45 AM–5:28 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, W to NNW, 29 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:45 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:27 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:27 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Long shot, look SSW
Sat 14 Nov 2026 12:32 PM International Space Station Bright pass, WSW to NE, 46 deg up
Sat 14 Nov 2026 5:57 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:25 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:50 AM Partial solar eclipse 42.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:43 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 61% 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 Partial solar eclipse 61.7% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:23 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it