Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:09 AM

7:09 AM

6:42 AM Blue hour
7:09 AM Sunrise
7:43 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Terrier Oriole ? | JFTX-01 E1

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 8:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SW
Crossing your sky
When
8:00 AM
Approximate
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia
Mission
Target?
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 100 km. From GCAT (2026-S181).

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

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-46

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 9:27 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
9:27 AM
Highest around 9:36 AM
Distance
713 mi
Climbs to
27°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

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

Sunset

7:10 PM

7:10 PM

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

6:35 PM Golden hour
7:10 PM Sunset
7:36 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Fair viewing

Visible from 3:38 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
3:38 AM to 5:39 AM
Where to look
South-southeastern horizon, up to 20° above it
Highest at
5:38 AM
Sky fully dark
8:38 PM to 5:39 AM
Sky darkness
Fair
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

St Patrick's Day

Irish holiday

St Patrick's Day in Chincoteague - sunset at 7:10 PM

Evening from 7:10 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
7:10 PM
Sun toward W
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
1% lit
Rises 6:50 AM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
W, 5° up
at 6:40 PM

St Patrick's Day, March 17, remembers Ireland's patron saint, a fifth-century missionary said to have used the three-leaved shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity. A public holiday in Ireland and Northern Ireland, it is celebrated wherever the Irish settled - with parades, music and green, from Dublin to New York, whose parade has marched since 1762, and Chicago, which dyes its river green.

Moon

Waning crescent

2% lit

6:24 AM – 5:54 PM

ESE WSW
6:24 AM Moonrise
6:44 AM 4°
12:08 PM Highest, 44°
5:33 PM 4°
5:54 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 6:24 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:42 AM–7:09 AM
  • Morning best color 6:53 AM
  • Sunrise 7:09 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:09 AM–7:43 AM
  • Moonset 5:54 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:35 PM–7:10 PM
  • Evening best color 7:04 PM
  • Sunset 7:10 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:10 PM–7:36 PM
  • Fully dark 8:38 PM–5:39 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:38 PM–5:39 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WSW to ENE, 75 deg up
Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:05 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to NNW, 44 deg up
Tue 27 Oct 2026 7:42 PM Halloween Halloween night in Chincoteague - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Chincoteague - sunset at 5:02 PM Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:02 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Chincoteague - sunset at 5:01 PM Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:01 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:29 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 4.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:54 AM Partial solar eclipse 37.6% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:46 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 79% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 2% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:49 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% 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 60.9% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:28 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it