Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:46 AM

6:46 AM

6:19 AM Blue hour
6:46 AM Sunrise
7:21 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

SLS Block 1 | Artemis II

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 6:35 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Crossing your sky
When
6:35 PM
Highest around 6:42 PM
Distance
710 mi
Climbs to
5°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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

Sunset

7:24 PM

7:24 PM

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

6:49 PM Golden hour
7:24 PM Sunset
7:50 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Pink Moon

Rises 7:17 PM in the E

7:17 PM – 6:44 AM

Named for creeping phlox, a pink wildflower among the first to bloom in spring.

ESE WSW
7:17 PM Moonrise
7:38 PM 4°
1:01 AM Highest, 44°
6:23 AM 4°
6:44 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:17 PM in the E
Exactly full
10:15 PM
Distance
244,413 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:19 AM–6:46 AM
  • Moonset 6:21 AM
  • Morning best color 6:30 AM
  • Sunrise 6:46 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:46 AM–7:21 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:49 PM–7:24 PM
  • Evening best color 7:18 PM
  • Moonrise 7:18 PM
  • Sunset 7:24 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:24 PM–7:50 PM
  • Fully dark 8:54 PM–5:14 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to WNW, 31 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 8:05 PM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WSW to ENE, 75 deg up
Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:05 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