Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:52 AM

5:52 AM

5:20 AM Blue hour
5:52 AM Sunrise
6:31 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-28

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 4:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
4:21 AM
Highest around 4:30 AM
Distance
749 mi
Climbs to
16°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

The sun is far enough down that the ground is dark and still high enough to light the plume: exhaust expanding into near-vacuum turns into a glowing bell visible for hundreds of miles.

Sunset

8:38 PM

8:38 PM

Behind the hills at 8:27 PM, 11 min before sunset

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

7:59 PM Golden hour
8:38 PM Sunset
9:10 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

95% lit

7:24 PM – 4:13 AM

SE SW
7:24 PM Moonrise
7:50 PM 4°
11:48 PM Highest, 23°
3:46 AM 4°
4:13 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:22 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:20 AM–5:52 AM
  • Sunrise 5:52 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:52 AM–6:31 AM
  • Morning best color 6:01 AM
  • Moonrise 7:24 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:59 PM–8:38 PM
  • Evening best color 8:33 PM
  • Sunset 8:38 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:38 PM–9:10 PM
  • Fully dark 10:35 PM–3:56 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to SE, 34 deg up
Thu 5 Nov 2026 5:48 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:35 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:35 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WSW to SSW, 12 deg up
Fri 6 Nov 2026 6:26 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Veterans Day Veterans Day in Leesburg - sunset at 4:59 PM Wed 11 Nov 2026 4:59 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