Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-192

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 5:25 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish low chance 5:31 AM–5:33 AM, SW about 6° up

Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
5:25 AM
Highest around 5:31 AM
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.

That morning

Sunrise

5:58 AM

5:58 AM

5:32 AM Blue hour
5:58 AM Sunrise
6:32 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:59 PM

6:59 PM

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

6:25 PM Golden hour
6:59 PM Sunset
7:26 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Pink Moon

Micromoon - rises 7:03 PM in the ESE

7:03 PM – 6:04 AM

Named for creeping phlox, a pink wildflower among the first to bloom in spring.

ESE WSW
7:03 PM Moonrise
7:24 PM 4°
12:33 AM Highest, 41°
5:43 AM 4°
6:04 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:03 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
5:26 PM
Distance
251,955 mi - micromoon

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 5:32 AM–5:58 AM
  • Moonset 5:40 AM
  • Sunrise 5:58 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:58 AM–6:32 AM
  • Morning best color 6:07 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:25 PM–6:59 PM
  • Sunset 6:59 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:59 PM–7:26 PM
  • Moonrise 7:03 PM
  • Evening best color 7:07 PM
  • Fully dark 8:29 PM–4:26 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to NE, 29 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 6:27 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Long shot, look W
Fri 30 Oct 2026 9:02 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:04 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:04 PM Halloween Halloween night in Grand Canyon - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Grand Canyon - sunset at 5:32 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:32 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 9:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 7:32 AM Partial solar eclipse 57.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 9:33 AM Total lunar eclipse 68% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.4% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 2:50 PM Partial solar eclipse 23.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 7:46 PM Total lunar eclipse 62% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 85.7% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:03 PM Partial solar eclipse 90.9% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:29 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it