Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:25 AM

7:25 AM

6:58 AM Blue hour
7:25 AM Sunrise
8:00 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:14 PM

7:14 PM

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

6:38 PM Golden hour
7:14 PM Sunset
7:40 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-21

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 10:35 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
10:35 PM
Highest around 10:44 PM
Distance
749 mi
Climbs to
10°
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.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

98% lit

5:50 PM – 7:11 AM

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5:50 PM Moonrise
6:12 PM 4°
12:34 AM Highest, 60°
6:51 AM 4°
7:11 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:49 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:58 AM–7:25 AM
  • Morning best color 7:09 AM
  • Sunrise 7:25 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:25 AM–8:00 AM
  • Moonrise 5:51 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:38 PM–7:14 PM
  • Evening best color 7:08 PM
  • Sunset 7:14 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:14 PM–7:40 PM
  • Fully dark 8:43 PM–5:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Orionids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 25 Oct 2026 7:48 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:36 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:29 PM Leonids Around 10 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:25 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 4:35 PM in the NE Tue 24 Nov 2026 4:35 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