Tampa, Florida, United States

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-29

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 2:47 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
2:47 AM
Highest around 2:50 AM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
14°
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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:56 AM

6:56 AM

6:31 AM Blue hour
6:56 AM Sunrise
7:30 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:35 PM

5:35 PM

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

5:01 PM Golden hour
5:35 PM Sunset
6:00 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:50 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:05 PM Dark enough
12:50 AM Best
2:59 AM Moonset
5:27 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
44% 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

2:35 PM – 2:59 AM

E W
2:35 PM Moonrise
2:52 PM 4°
8:45 PM Highest, 62°
2:40 AM 4°
2:59 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 1:56 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:31 AM–6:56 AM
  • Sunrise 6:56 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:56 AM–7:30 AM
  • Morning best color 7:14 AM
  • Moonrise 2:35 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:01 PM–5:35 PM
  • Evening best color 5:20 PM
  • Sunset 5:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:35 PM–6:00 PM
  • Fully dark 6:56 PM–5:35 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:06 AM–5:35 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