Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Friday, May 1, 2026

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:05 AM

6:05 AM

5:36 AM Blue hour
6:05 AM Sunrise
6:41 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-38

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 2:06 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
2:06 PM
Highest around 2:15 PM
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

7:52 PM

7:52 PM

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

7:15 PM Golden hour
7:52 PM Sunset
8:20 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Flower Moon

Rises 8:14 PM in the ESE

8:14 PM – 6:08 AM

Named for the flowers that bloom everywhere in May.

ESE WSW
8:14 PM Moonrise
8:37 PM 4°
1:11 AM Highest, 31°
5:45 AM 4°
6:08 AM Moonset

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

Rises
8:14 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
1:24 PM
Distance
249,484 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 5:36 AM–6:05 AM
  • Moonset 5:38 AM
  • Morning best color 5:49 AM
  • Sunrise 6:05 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:05 AM–6:41 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:15 PM–7:52 PM
  • Evening best color 7:48 PM
  • Sunset 7:52 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:52 PM–8:20 PM
  • Moonrise 8:15 PM
  • Fully dark 9:31 PM–4:24 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WSW to E, 69 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 7:28 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:36 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:36 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to WNW, 31 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 8:05 PM Halloween Halloween night in Chincoteague - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:29 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM 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