Leesburg, Virginia, USA

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Rocket launch

Electron | Live and Let Fly

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 3:25 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SE
Crossing your sky
When
3:25 AM
Highest around 3:28 AM
Distance
143 mi
Climbs to
15°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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

That morning

Sunrise

7:10 AM

7:10 AM

6:44 AM Blue hour
7:10 AM Sunrise
7:46 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 4:55 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
4:55 PM
Highest around 5:04 PM
Distance
749 mi
Climbs to
15°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Land - Landing Zone 1

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

7:23 PM

7:23 PM

Behind the hills at 7:16 PM, 7 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

6:48 PM Golden hour
7:23 PM Sunset
7:50 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

89% lit

4:04 PM – 6:15 AM

ENE WNW
4:04 PM Moonrise
4:27 PM 4°
11:13 PM Highest, 67°
5:53 AM 4°
6:15 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:50 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:44 AM–7:10 AM
  • Sunrise 7:10 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:10 AM–7:46 AM
  • Morning best color 7:16 AM
  • Moonrise 4:05 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:48 PM–7:23 PM
  • Evening best color 7:18 PM
  • Sunset 7:23 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:23 PM–7:50 PM
  • Fully dark 8:53 PM–5:39 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

International Space Station Bright pass, SW to ENE, 57 deg up
Thu 12 Nov 2026 5:55 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:28 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:28 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Long shot, look SSW
Fri 13 Nov 2026 12:54 PM International Space Station Modest pass, W to NNW, 29 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:45 PM Leonids Around 10 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