Orlando, Florida, USA

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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Orlando, Florida, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-9

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 4:55 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 5:01 AM–5:03 AM, NE about 11° up

Look
E
Heading away from you
When
4:55 AM
Highest around 4:57 AM
Distance
49 mi
Climbs to
25°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:32 AM

6:32 AM

6:05 AM Blue hour
6:32 AM Sunrise
7:06 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:27 PM

8:27 PM

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

7:52 PM Golden hour
8:27 PM Sunset
8:53 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 10:00 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
10:00 PM to 4:20 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 33° above it
Highest at
12:20 AM
Sky fully dark
10:00 PM to 4:59 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 crescent

6% lit

4:04 AM – 6:44 PM

ENE WNW
4:04 AM Moonrise
4:25 AM 4°
11:22 AM Highest, 88°
6:23 PM 4°
6:44 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 578°F Clear sky
0% dry 79% 5 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 585°F Clear sky
0% 1 mm 60% 4 mph
Evening 7 PM 577°F Clear sky
0% 1 mm 84% 5 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:05 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:05 AM–6:32 AM
  • Sunrise 6:32 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:32 AM–7:06 AM
  • Morning best color 6:43 AM
  • Moonset 6:45 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:52 PM–8:27 PM
  • Evening best color 8:17 PM
  • Sunset 8:27 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:27 PM–8:53 PM
  • Fully dark 10:00 PM–4:59 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:00 PM–4:59 AM

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Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
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Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
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