Titusville, Florida, USA

Friday, October 18, 2024

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Titusville, Florida, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:26 AM

7:26 AM

7:02 AM Blue hour
7:26 AM Sunrise
7:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:50 PM

6:50 PM

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

6:18 PM Golden hour
6:50 PM Sunset
7:14 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-19

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 7:31 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ESE
Crossing your sky
When
7:31 PM
Highest around 7:32 PM
Distance
14 mi
Climbs to
40°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - Just Read the Instructions
Too far downrange to see

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.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 5:05 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:20 PM Dark enough
5:05 AM Best
5:56 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
76% 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

Waning gibbous

98% lit

7:40 PM – 9:53 AM

ENE WNW
7:40 PM Moonrise
8:00 PM 4°
2:44 AM Highest, 83°
9:33 AM 4°
9:53 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:02 AM–7:26 AM
  • Sunrise 7:26 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:26 AM–7:58 AM
  • Morning best color 7:37 AM
  • Moonset 8:41 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:18 PM–6:50 PM
  • Evening best color 6:40 PM
  • Sunset 6:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:50 PM–7:14 PM
  • Moonrise 7:41 PM
  • Fully dark 8:08 PM–6:08 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Titusville, Florida, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to NE, 16 deg up
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:12 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:06 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:06 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:05 PM Airshow 10 km E - from an aviation notice Fri 6 Nov 2026 10:00 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 12.4% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:20 AM Partial solar eclipse 28.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:27 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 29.8% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:28 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 1:33 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it