Orlando, Florida, USA

Friday, August 21, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-39

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 11:14 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
11:14 AM
Highest around 11:23 AM
Distance
49 mi
Climbs to
69°
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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:58 AM

6:58 AM

6:33 AM Blue hour
6:58 AM Sunrise
7:30 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:58 PM

7:58 PM

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

7:27 PM Golden hour
7:58 PM Sunset
8:23 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

65% lit

3:35 PM – 1:40 AM

SE SW
3:35 PM Moonrise
3:57 PM 4°
8:38 PM Highest, 33°
1:18 AM 4°
1:40 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:53 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:33 AM–6:58 AM
  • Morning best color 6:53 AM
  • Sunrise 6:58 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:58 AM–7:30 AM
  • Moonrise 3:36 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:27 PM–7:58 PM
  • Sunset 7:58 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:58 PM–8:23 PM
  • Evening best color 8:07 PM
  • Fully dark 9:21 PM–5:35 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:41 AM–5:35 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

Orionids Active, around 11 an hour
Sun 18 Oct 2026 8:22 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 Marginal, look E
Mon 19 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, SSE to SE, 12 deg up
Mon 19 Oct 2026 7:36 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, SW to S, 57 deg up
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:11 PM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:20 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:16 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:16 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 12.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:18 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 29.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:31 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% 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 1:32 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it