Orlando, Florida, USA

Thursday, December 12, 2024

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Orlando, Florida, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:09 AM

7:09 AM

6:43 AM Blue hour
7:09 AM Sunrise
7:44 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

CHGB Booster | Dark Eagle

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 11:30 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Crossing your sky
When
11:30 AM
Highest around 11:39 AM
Distance
52 mi
Climbs to
68°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
SLC46
Space Florida, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Test
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 150 km. From GCAT (2024-S84).

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

Sunset

5:30 PM

5:30 PM

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

4:54 PM Golden hour
5:30 PM Sunset
5:55 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Geminids

Best around 2:30 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:00 PM Dark enough
2:30 AM Best
5:17 AM Moonset
5:39 AM Too light
Estimate
~52/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
86°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
62% lost
Speed
35 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.

The strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

90% lit

3:05 PM – 5:17 AM

ENE WNW
3:05 PM Moonrise
3:25 PM 4°
10:08 PM Highest, 83°
4:57 AM 4°
5:17 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 543°F Clear sky
0% dry 52% 14 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 553°F Clear sky
0% dry 50% 13 mph
Evening 7 PM 544°F Clear sky
0% dry 70% 12 mph

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:07 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:43 AM–7:09 AM
  • Morning best color 6:58 AM
  • Sunrise 7:09 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:09 AM–7:44 AM
  • Moonrise 3:06 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:54 PM–5:30 PM
  • Sunset 5:30 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:30 PM–5:55 PM
  • Evening best color 5:39 PM
  • Fully dark 6:54 PM–5:45 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:24 AM–5:45 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

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Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Orlando - sunset at 5:40 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:40 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, N to NNE, 11 deg up
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:36 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
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Every celestial event, and where else to see it