Tampa, Florida, United States

Thursday, September 25, 2025

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-15

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 4:39 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
4:39 AM
Highest around 4:41 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

7:20 AM

7:20 AM

6:56 AM Blue hour
7:20 AM Sunrise
7:50 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 8:09 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
8:09 AM
Highest around 8:12 AM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
14°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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

Sunset

7:22 PM

7:22 PM

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

6:51 PM Golden hour
7:22 PM Sunset
7:46 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 9:30 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:30 PM to 11:00 PM
Where to look
Southwestern horizon, up to 22° above it
Highest at
9:30 PM
Sky fully dark
8:40 PM to 6:02 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

Waxing crescent

13% lit

10:40 AM – 9:23 PM

ESE WSW
10:40 AM Moonrise
11:00 AM 4°
4:02 PM Highest, 41°
9:03 PM 4°
9:23 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 6:56 AM–7:20 AM
  • Sunrise 7:20 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:20 AM–7:50 AM
  • Morning best color 7:37 AM
  • Moonrise 10:41 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:51 PM–7:22 PM
  • Evening best color 7:07 PM
  • Sunset 7:22 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:22 PM–7:46 PM
  • Fully dark 8:40 PM–6:02 AM
  • Moonset 9:23 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:30 PM–6:02 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Tampa, Florida, United States

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Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:14 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:13 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:10 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Veterans Day Veterans Day in Tampa - sunset at 5:39 PM Wed 11 Nov 2026 5:39 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 13.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:15 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.7% of the Sun covered
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
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 30.7% of the Sun covered
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
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 Total solar eclipse Totality here
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:31 PM

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