Tampa, Florida, United States

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-10

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 2:10 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
2:10 AM
Highest around 2:12 AM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
14°
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

7:30 AM

7:30 AM

7:06 AM Blue hour
7:30 AM Sunrise
8:02 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:00 PM

7:00 PM

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

6:28 PM Golden hour
7:00 PM Sunset
7:23 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 5:15 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:30 PM Dark enough
5:15 AM Best
6:01 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
74°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
31% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

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

Moon

Waxing gibbous

95% lit

5:55 PM – 6:27 AM

E W
5:55 PM Moonrise
6:13 PM 4°
12:09 AM Highest, 64°
6:08 AM 4°
6:27 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:19 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:06 AM–7:30 AM
  • Sunrise 7:30 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:30 AM–8:02 AM
  • Morning best color 7:48 AM
  • Moonrise 5:55 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:28 PM–7:00 PM
  • Evening best color 6:45 PM
  • Sunset 7:00 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:00 PM–7:23 PM
  • Fully dark 8:18 PM–6:13 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:13 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:10 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Veterans Day Veterans Day in Tampa - sunset at 5:39 PM Wed 11 Nov 2026 5:39 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
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Every celestial event, and where else to see it