Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-45

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 5:10 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 5:16 AM–5:18 AM, SE about 16° up

Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
5:10 AM
Highest around 5:19 AM
Distance
749 mi
Climbs to
5°
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

5:56 AM

5:56 AM

5:24 AM Blue hour
5:56 AM Sunrise
6:35 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:36 PM

8:36 PM

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

7:57 PM Golden hour
8:36 PM Sunset
9:07 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 10:30 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
10:30 PM to 2:40 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 22° above it
Highest at
11:20 PM
Sky fully dark
10:30 PM to 4:02 AM
Sky darkness
Very poor
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

New moon

0% lit

5:51 AM – 9:13 PM

ENE WNW
5:51 AM Moonrise
6:15 AM 4°
1:36 PM Highest, 75°
8:50 PM 4°
9:13 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:24 AM–5:56 AM
  • Morning best color 5:36 AM
  • Moonrise 5:51 AM
  • Sunrise 5:56 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:56 AM–6:35 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:57 PM–8:36 PM
  • Evening best color 8:35 PM
  • Sunset 8:36 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:36 PM–9:07 PM
  • Moonset 9:13 PM
  • Fully dark 10:30 PM–4:02 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:30 PM–4:02 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to NNE, 21 deg up
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:57 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:54 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to N, 11 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 6:46 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:43 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:43 PM Halloween Halloween night in Leesburg - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:36 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:50 AM Partial solar eclipse 42.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:43 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 61% 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 61.7% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:23 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it