Orlando, Florida, USA

Monday, August 12, 2024

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Orlando, Florida, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:53 AM

6:53 AM

6:28 AM Blue hour
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:26 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-7

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 6:37 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish low chance 6:40 AM–6:45 AM, ENE about 23° up

Look
E
Heading away from you
When
6:37 AM
Highest around 6:39 AM
Distance
47 mi
Climbs to
25°
Lighting
Sky still bright
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

The plume will be lit, but the sky behind it is still bright enough to wash it out. Twenty minutes later would be the shot.

Sunset

8:07 PM

8:07 PM

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

7:34 PM Golden hour
8:07 PM Sunset
8:32 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 4:37 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:37 PM Dark enough
12:37 AM Moonset
4:37 AM Best
5:24 AM Too light
Estimate
~68/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
50°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
59 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Swift-Tuttle (109P/Swift-Tuttle)

Dust from Comet Swift-Tuttle, which takes 133 years to go round the Sun and was last here in 1992. At 26 km across it is the largest object known to pass this close to Earth again and again.

The estimate 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

Moon

First quarter

50% lit

2:02 PM – 12:37 AM

ESE WSW
2:02 PM Moonrise
2:23 PM 4°
7:19 PM Highest, 39°
12:17 AM 4°
12:37 AM 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 575°F Clear sky
0% dry 85% 5 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 584°F Clear sky
0% dry 52% 3 mph
Evening 7 PM 579°F Clear sky
0% dry 71% 6 mph

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:01 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:28 AM–6:53 AM
  • Sunrise 6:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:53 AM–7:26 AM
  • Morning best color 7:04 AM
  • Moonrise 2:03 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:34 PM–8:07 PM
  • Evening best color 7:57 PM
  • Sunset 8:07 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:07 PM–8:32 PM
  • Fully dark 9:31 PM–5:29 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:41 AM–5:29 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

International Space Station Bright pass, WNW to SSE, 34 deg up
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:00 AM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:08 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:08 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Veterans Day Veterans Day in Orlando - sunset at 5:34 PM Wed 11 Nov 2026 5:34 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