Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:57 AM

5:57 AM

5:27 AM Blue hour
5:57 AM Sunrise
6:35 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-67

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 12:38 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
12:38 PM
Highest around 12:47 PM
Distance
749 mi
Climbs to
10°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

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

Sunset

8:15 PM

8:15 PM

Behind the hills at 8:05 PM, 10 min before sunset

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

7:37 PM Golden hour
8:15 PM Sunset
8:45 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 3:30 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:45 PM Dark enough
10:42 PM Moonrise
3:30 AM Best
4:26 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
12°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
43% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet on its earlier passes. Earth meets Halley's stream twice a year: in May as the Eta Aquariids and in October as the Orionids.

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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Moon

Waning gibbous

96% lit

10:42 PM – 7:31 AM

SE SW
10:42 PM Moonrise
11:09 PM 4°
3:06 AM Highest, 23°
7:04 AM 4°
7:31 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:27 AM–5:57 AM
  • Sunrise 5:57 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:57 AM–6:35 AM
  • Morning best color 6:06 AM
  • Moonset 6:44 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:37 PM–8:15 PM
  • Evening best color 8:14 PM
  • Sunset 8:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:15 PM–8:45 PM
  • Fully dark 10:03 PM–4:08 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:03 PM–10:43 PM
  • Moonrise 10:42 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 6 Nov 2026 6:34 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 6 Nov 2026 6:34 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to S, 23 deg up
Mon 9 Nov 2026 6:42 PM Veterans Day Veterans Day in Leesburg - sunset at 4:59 PM Wed 11 Nov 2026 4:59 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:29 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