Titusville, Florida, USA

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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Titusville, Florida, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-59

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 2:46 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ESE
Crossing your sky
When
2:46 AM
Highest around 2:48 AM
Distance
14 mi
Climbs to
40°
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

7:19 AM

7:19 AM

6:56 AM Blue hour
7:19 AM Sunrise
7:51 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:02 PM

7:02 PM

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

6:30 PM Golden hour
7:02 PM Sunset
7:25 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Draconids

Best around 8:32 PM

Very LowExcellent
8:32 PM Dark enough
5:50 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
50°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
31% lost
Speed
20 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Giacobini-Zinner (21P)

Dust from Comet Giacobini-Zinner, which returns every six and a half years. Most years it is quiet, but when Earth meets a fresh trail, as in 1933 and 1946, it has given storms of thousands an hour.

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.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

Moon

Full moon

100% lit

7:19 PM – 8:55 AM

ENE WNW
7:19 PM Moonrise
7:38 PM 4°
2:04 AM Highest, 76°
8:35 AM 4°
8:55 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 6:56 AM–7:19 AM
  • Sunrise 7:19 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:19 AM–7:51 AM
  • Morning best color 7:30 AM
  • Moonset 7:45 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:30 PM–7:02 PM
  • Evening best color 6:52 PM
  • Sunset 7:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:02 PM–7:25 PM
  • Moonrise 7:20 PM
  • Fully dark 8:20 PM–6:01 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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