Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Monday, October 7, 2024

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:12 AM

7:12 AM

6:45 AM Blue hour
7:12 AM Sunrise
7:48 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 10:52 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
10:52 AM
Highest around 11:00 AM
Distance
749 mi
Climbs to
6°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

6:43 PM

6:43 PM

Behind the hills at 6:35 PM, 8 min before sunset

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

6:07 PM Golden hour
6:43 PM Sunset
7:09 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Draconids

Best around 8:13 PM

Very LowExcellent
8:13 PM Dark enough
9:05 PM Moonset
5:43 AM Too light
Estimate
~6/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
59°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 km/s

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.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

Moon

Waxing crescent

20% lit

12:01 PM – 9:05 PM

SE SW
12:01 PM Moonrise
12:27 PM 4°
4:33 PM Highest, 24°
8:39 PM 4°
9:05 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:45 AM–7:12 AM
  • Sunrise 7:12 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:12 AM–7:48 AM
  • Morning best color 7:24 AM
  • Moonrise 12:01 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:07 PM–6:43 PM
  • Evening best color 6:36 PM
  • Sunset 6:43 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:43 PM–7:09 PM
  • Fully dark 8:11 PM–5:44 AM
  • Moonset 9:05 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:11 PM–5:44 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Leesburg - sunset at 5:09 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:09 PM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 86 deg up
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:34 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:39 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:39 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Leesburg - sunset at 5:08 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:08 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:36 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:50 AM Partial solar eclipse 42.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:43 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 61% 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 Partial solar eclipse 61.7% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:23 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it