Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Saturday, February 22, 2025

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:06 AM

7:06 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:51 AM, 105 min after sunrise

6:40 AM Blue hour
7:06 AM Sunrise
7:41 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:16 PM

6:16 PM

Behind the mountains at 5:41 PM, 35 min before sunset

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

5:41 PM Golden hour
6:16 PM Sunset
6:42 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-1

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 6:38 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 6:43 PM–6:47 PM, SW about 7° up

Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
6:38 PM
Highest around 6:44 PM
Distance
489 mi
Climbs to
7°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
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.

Moon

Waning crescent

30% lit

3:21 AM – 12:33 PM

SE SW
3:21 AM Moonrise
3:46 AM 4°
7:57 AM Highest, 25°
12:07 PM 4°
12:33 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 3:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:40 AM–7:06 AM
  • Sunrise 7:06 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:06 AM–7:41 AM
  • Morning best color 7:16 AM
  • Moonset 12:33 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:41 PM–6:16 PM
  • Evening best color 6:09 PM
  • Sunset 6:16 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:16 PM–6:42 PM
  • Fully dark 7:42 PM–5:40 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:42 PM–4:22 AM

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