Tampa, Florida, United States

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Amazon Leo

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 2:30 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
2:30 AM
Highest around 2:32 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

6:44 AM

6:44 AM

6:18 AM Blue hour
6:44 AM Sunrise
7:17 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:27 PM

8:27 PM

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

7:54 PM Golden hour
8:27 PM Sunset
8:53 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Best around 3:57 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:57 PM Dark enough
12:21 AM Moonrise
3:57 AM Best
5:14 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
44°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
46% lost
Speed
41 km/s

Where they come from: Comet 96P/Machholz

Thought to come from Comet 96P/Machholz and the family of sungrazing comets broken from it. Its meteors are mostly faint, and it is best seen from the southern half of the world.

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.

Stays near its best for several nights, not just one.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 9:58 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:58 PM to 12:18 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 33° above it
Highest at
11:38 PM
Sky fully dark
9:58 PM to 5:14 AM
Sky darkness
None
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waning gibbous

65% lit

11:49 PM – 12:21 PM

E W
11:49 PM Moonrise
12:07 AM 4°
6:03 AM Highest, 64°
12:03 PM 4°
12:21 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:18 AM–6:44 AM
  • Sunrise 6:44 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:44 AM–7:17 AM
  • Morning best color 7:01 AM
  • Moonset 12:21 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:54 PM–8:27 PM
  • Evening best color 8:12 PM
  • Sunset 8:27 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:27 PM–8:53 PM
  • Fully dark 9:58 PM–5:14 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:58 PM–12:28 AM

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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
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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
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Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
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