Los Angeles, California, United States

Saturday, April 12, 2025

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-192

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 5:25 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 5:33 AM–5:33 AM, S about 11° up

Look
WNW
Heading your way
When
5:25 AM
Highest around 5:28 AM
Distance
141 mi
Climbs to
29°
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

6:24 AM

6:24 AM

5:59 AM Blue hour
6:24 AM Sunrise
6:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:22 PM

7:22 PM

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

6:48 PM Golden hour
7:22 PM Sunset
7:47 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Pink Moon

Micromoon - rises 7:26 PM in the ESE

7:26 PM – 6:32 AM

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

ESE WSW
7:26 PM Moonrise
7:46 PM 4°
12:58 AM Highest, 43°
6:12 AM 4°
6:32 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:26 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 5:59 AM–6:24 AM
  • Moonset 6:07 AM
  • Sunrise 6:24 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:24 AM–6:58 AM
  • Morning best color 6:37 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:48 PM–7:22 PM
  • Sunset 7:22 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:22 PM–7:47 PM
  • Moonrise 7:26 PM
  • Evening best color 7:36 PM
  • Fully dark 8:49 PM–4:56 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:21 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
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