Titusville, Florida, USA

Monday, October 19, 2026

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Titusville, Florida, USA
High 79°F, low 71°F.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5

Good - twilight window

Lifts off 6:30 AM

Window: 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 6:34 AM–6:38 AM, NE about 19° up, if the sky clears

Look
ESE
Heading away from you
When
6:30 AM
Highest around 6:39 AM
Distance
14 mi
Climbs to
84°
Lighting
Twilight window
Cloud here
69% low, 0% high
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see
Go / No Go
Go
No weather forecast yet
Video
▶ SpaceX
Mission
Dedicated Rideshare
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

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

Low

7:26 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
100%around 9 AM
Rain chance
5%around 9 AM
Humidity
72%
Wind
9 mph
7:02 AM Blue hour
7:26 AM Sunrise
7:30 AM Best color
7:58 AM Golden hour ends

No cloud overhead to catch the color, so it shows on the horizon and any distant clouds as the sun comes up - learned from 79 rated clear past sunrises across every place Sky Time tracks.

Sunset

Low

6:49 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
100%around 7 PM
Rain chance
7%around 7 PM
Humidity
73%
Wind
9 mph
6:17 PM Golden hour
6:42 PM Best color
6:49 PM Sunset
7:13 PM Blue hour ends

No cloud overhead to catch the color, so it shows on the horizon and any distant clouds just before the sun goes - learned from 68 rated clear past sunsets across every place Sky Time tracks.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Active, around 15 an hour

Best around 5:49 AM

From 8:19 PM to 5:57 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
77°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

The rate at the top is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Modest pass, SSE to SE

Rises 7:36 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSE
Rising, then up to SE
When
7:36 PM
until 7:38 PM
Visible for
2m 0s
Highest
13° SE
Ends
Sets SE

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

Moon

First quarter

59% lit

3:02 PM – 1:55 AM

ESE WSW
3:02 PM Moonrise
3:21 PM 4°
8:29 PM Highest, 43°
1:36 AM 4°
1:55 AM Moonset

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

Weather forecast

Morning 9 AM 73°F Light drizzle
100% 5% 72% 9 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 77°F Light drizzle
59% 5% 62% 11 mph
Evening 7 PM 72°F Overcast
100% 7% 73% 9 mph
Late Night 11 PM 72°F Overcast
100% 4% 67% 9 mph

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:58 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:02 AM–7:26 AM
  • Morning best color 7:22 AM
  • Sunrise 7:26 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:26 AM–7:58 AM
  • Moonrise 3:02 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:17 PM–6:49 PM
  • Sunset 6:49 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:49 PM–7:13 PM
  • Evening best color 6:58 PM
  • Fully dark 8:08 PM–6:08 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:58 AM–6:08 AM

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