Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

That morning

Sunrise

5:57 AM

5:57 AM

5:30 AM Blue hour
5:57 AM Sunrise
6:32 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:20 PM

7:20 PM

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

6:45 PM Golden hour
7:20 PM Sunset
7:47 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-14

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 8:23 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish low chance 8:28 PM–8:31 PM, SW about 7° up

Look
WSW
Crossing your sky
When
8:23 PM
Highest around 8:27 PM
Distance
326 mi
Climbs to
7°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

The sun is far enough down that the ground is dark and still high enough to light the plume: exhaust expanding into near-vacuum turns into a glowing bell visible for hundreds of miles.

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 3:35 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:50 PM Dark enough
1:37 AM Moonset
3:35 AM Best
4:26 AM Too light
Estimate
~11/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
77°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
49 km/s

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.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 1:43 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
1:43 AM to 4:23 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 25° above it
Highest at
4:23 AM
Sky fully dark
8:53 PM to 4:23 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

35% lit

10:17 AM – 1:37 AM

ENE WNW
10:17 AM Moonrise
10:40 AM 4°
6:00 PM Highest, 80°
1:14 AM 4°
1:37 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:48 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:30 AM–5:57 AM
  • Sunrise 5:57 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:57 AM–6:32 AM
  • Morning best color 6:07 AM
  • Moonrise 10:17 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:45 PM–7:20 PM
  • Evening best color 7:17 PM
  • Sunset 7:20 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:20 PM–7:47 PM
  • Fully dark 8:53 PM–4:23 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:43 AM–4:23 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to NW, 46 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 7:34 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:22 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:22 PM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WSW to ENE, 83 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:34 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Long shot, look WSW
Mon 26 Oct 2026 9:45 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Long shot, look WSW
Thu 29 Oct 2026 9:02 PM Halloween Halloween night in Las Vegas - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 8:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 6:44 AM Partial solar eclipse 57% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:29 AM Total lunar eclipse 61% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.1% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:43 PM Partial solar eclipse 27.1% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:29 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Total lunar eclipse 57% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.6% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:49 AM Partial solar eclipse 84.7% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:04 PM Partial solar eclipse 89.7% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:25 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it