Tampa, Florida, United States

Thursday, May 21, 2026

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-31

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 6:04 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 6:07 AM–6:11 AM, ENE about 14° up

Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
6:04 AM
Highest around 6:13 AM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
46°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:37 AM

6:37 AM

6:11 AM Blue hour
6:37 AM Sunrise
7:10 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:15 PM

8:15 PM

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

7:42 PM Golden hour
8:15 PM Sunset
8:41 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 1:25 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
1:25 AM to 5:07 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 33° above it
Highest at
3:15 AM
Sky fully dark
9:45 PM to 5:07 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

31% lit

11:29 AM – 1:22 AM

ENE WNW
11:29 AM Moonrise
11:49 AM 4°
6:29 PM Highest, 81°
1:03 AM 4°
1:22 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:41 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:11 AM–6:37 AM
  • Sunrise 6:37 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:37 AM–7:10 AM
  • Morning best color 6:54 AM
  • Moonrise 11:29 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:42 PM–8:15 PM
  • Sunset 8:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:15 PM–8:41 PM
  • Evening best color 8:30 PM
  • Fully dark 9:45 PM–5:07 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:25 AM–5:07 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Tampa, Florida, United States

Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to NNW, 18 deg up
Fri 23 Oct 2026 8:27 PM Orionids Active, around 7 an hour
Fri 23 Oct 2026 8:23 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, W to NE, 29 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 7:26 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:21 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:21 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Marginal, look ENE
Wed 28 Oct 2026 8:00 PM Halloween Halloween night in Tampa - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 13.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:15 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.7% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:22 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 30.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:34 PM Total lunar eclipse 68% 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 Total solar eclipse Totality here
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:31 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it