New York City, USA

Thursday, March 21, 2024

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New York City, USA

Rocket launch

Electron | Live and Let Fly

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 3:25 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
3:25 AM
Highest around 3:29 AM
Distance
214 mi
Climbs to
34°
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

6:56 AM

6:56 AM

6:29 AM Blue hour
6:56 AM Sunrise
7:32 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
918 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

7:09 PM

7:09 PM

Behind the hills at 7:00 PM, 9 min before sunset

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

6:33 PM Golden hour
7:09 PM Sunset
7:36 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

89% lit

3:46 PM – 6:03 AM

ENE WNW
3:46 PM Moonrise
4:09 PM 4°
10:58 PM Highest, 65°
5:41 AM 4°
6:03 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:40 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:29 AM–6:56 AM
  • Sunrise 6:56 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:56 AM–7:32 AM
  • Morning best color 7:05 AM
  • Moonrise 3:46 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:33 PM–7:09 PM
  • Evening best color 6:59 PM
  • Sunset 7:09 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:09 PM–7:36 PM
  • Fully dark 8:41 PM–5:22 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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Fri 13 Nov 2026 5:09 PM Leonids Around 10 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:07 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
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Wed 26 Jan 2028 10:02 AM Partial solar eclipse 40.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:50 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 86% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.7% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:47 PM Total lunar eclipse 54% 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 50.2% of the Sun covered
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