Titusville, Florida, USA

Monday, October 13, 2025

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Titusville, Florida, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:23 AM

7:23 AM

Clears the hills at 7:34 AM, 11 min after sunrise

6:59 AM Blue hour
7:23 AM Sunrise
7:54 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:55 PM

6:55 PM

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

6:23 PM Golden hour
6:55 PM Sunset
7:19 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Amazon Leo

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 9:58 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ESE
Heading away from you
When
9:58 PM
Highest around 9:59 PM
Distance
14 mi
Climbs to
39°
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.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:55 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:25 PM Dark enough
12:51 AM Moonrise
4:55 AM Best
5:53 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
71°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
35% lost
Speed
66 km/s

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

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 2:10 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:25 PM Dark enough
12:51 AM Moonrise
2:10 AM Best
5:53 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
72°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
14% lost
Speed
27 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

Dust from Comet Encke, which goes round the Sun every 3.3 years, the shortest of any bright comet. Its stream is old and spread wide, so the Taurids last for weeks and carry larger pieces than most: the 'Halloween fireballs'.

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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 8:14 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:14 PM to 9:44 PM
Where to look
Southwestern horizon, up to 21° above it
Highest at
8:14 PM
Sky fully dark
8:14 PM to 6:05 AM
Sky darkness
Poor
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.

Event

Indigenous Peoples' Day

US holiday

Indigenous Peoples' Day in Titusville - sunset at 6:55 PM

Evening from 6:55 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:55 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
48% lit
Rises 12:55 AM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
WSW, 6° up
at 6:25 PM

The second Monday of October honors the Native peoples of the Americas - the first peoples of this land, and their histories, cultures and nations, which continue today.

The federal holiday on that day is officially Columbus Day; many states, cities and tribal nations keep it as Indigenous Peoples' Day instead, and a president first proclaimed it in 2021.

Moon

Last quarter

51% lit

11:45 PM – 2:27 PM

ENE WNW
11:45 PM Moonrise
12:07 AM 4°
7:09 AM Highest, 88°
2:06 PM 4°
2:27 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 6:59 AM–7:23 AM
  • Sunrise 7:23 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:23 AM–7:54 AM
  • Morning best color 7:34 AM
  • Moonset 2:27 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:23 PM–6:55 PM
  • Evening best color 6:45 PM
  • Sunset 6:55 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:55 PM–7:19 PM
  • Fully dark 8:14 PM–6:05 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:14 PM–12:54 AM

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