Tampa, Florida, United States

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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Tampa, Florida, United States
High 89°F, low 72°F.

Rocket launch

Falcon Heavy | NROL-97

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 11:54 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Crossing your sky
When
11:54 PM
Highest around 12:03 AM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
46°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Landing
12:01 AM
Land - Landing Zone 2, back toward ENE

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

Excellent

7:22 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
15%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
89%
Wind
9 mph
6:59 AM Blue hour
7:22 AM Sunrise
7:39 AM Best color
7:53 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 3 well-rated past sunrises here.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Bright pass, WNW to NE

Rose 6:17 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Rising, then up to NNW
When
6:17 AM
until 6:20 AM
Visible for
3m 30s
Highest
40° NNW
Ends
Sets NE

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Sunset

Good

7:15 PM

Very LowExcellent

Rated Low by the people who watched it.

Cloud
100%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
79%
Wind
5 mph
6:44 PM Golden hour
7:15 PM Sunset
7:39 PM Best color, then blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 7 well-rated past sunsets here.

Satellite

International Space Station

Modest pass, W to SSW

Rose 8:57 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Rising, then up to SW
When
8:57 PM
until 9:00 PM
Visible for
2m 50s
Highest
12° SW
Ends
Sets SSW

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 8:33 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:33 PM to 10:43 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 26° above it
Highest at
8:33 PM
Sky fully dark
8:33 PM to 6:05 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

Waning gibbous

71% lit

9:59 PM – 12:38 PM

ENE WNW
9:59 PM Moonrise
10:19 PM 4°
5:17 AM Highest, 89°
12:17 PM 4°
12:38 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 77°F Clear sky
15% dry 89% 9 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 87°F Overcast
100% dry 68% 10 mph
Evening 7 PM 80°F Overcast
100% dry 79% 5 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:59 AM–7:22 AM
  • Sunrise 7:22 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:22 AM–7:53 AM
  • Morning best color 7:39 AM
  • Moonset 12:38 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:44 PM–7:15 PM
  • Sunset 7:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:15 PM–7:39 PM
  • Evening best color 7:38 PM
  • Fully dark 8:33 PM–6:05 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:33 PM–11:03 PM
  • Moonrise 10:56 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Tampa, Florida, United States

Orionids Active, around 9 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 8:28 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 Fair, look ENE
Mon 19 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, SSE to ESE, 12 deg up
Mon 19 Oct 2026 7:36 PM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:25 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:21 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:21 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Fair, look ENE
Wed 28 Oct 2026 8:00 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