Leesburg, Virginia, USA

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:28 AM

7:28 AM

6:58 AM Blue hour
7:28 AM Sunrise
8:09 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-4

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 11:47 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
11:47 AM
Highest around 11:55 AM
Distance
749 mi
Climbs to
10°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

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

Sunset

5:09 PM

5:09 PM

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

4:28 PM Golden hour
5:09 PM Sunset
5:39 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 4:49 PM in the NE

4:49 PM – 8:18 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

ENE WNW
4:49 PM Moonrise
5:14 PM 4°
12:37 AM Highest, 76°
7:55 AM 4°
8:18 AM Moonset

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

Rises
4:49 PM in the NE
Exactly full
5:25 PM
Distance
237,051 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:58 AM–7:28 AM
  • Morning best color 7:13 AM
  • Sunrise 7:28 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:28 AM–8:09 AM
  • Moonset 7:36 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:28 PM–5:09 PM
  • Moonrise 4:49 PM
  • Evening best color 5:04 PM
  • Sunset 5:09 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:09 PM–5:39 PM
  • Fully dark 6:44 PM–5:53 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

International Space Station Bright pass, NW to E, 35 deg up
Thu 29 Oct 2026 6:53 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to ENE, 54 deg up
Thu 29 Oct 2026 7:20 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 29 Oct 2026 7:43 PM Halloween Halloween night in Leesburg - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Leesburg - sunset at 5:09 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:09 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Leesburg - sunset at 5:08 PM Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:08 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