Tampa, Florida, United States

Saturday, April 12, 2025

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Tampa, Florida, United States

That morning

Sunrise

7:07 AM

7:07 AM

6:43 AM Blue hour
7:07 AM Sunrise
7:38 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:53 PM

7:53 PM

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

7:22 PM Golden hour
7:53 PM Sunset
8:17 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-17

Launched - marginal from here

Lifted off 8:53 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
8:53 PM
Highest around 8:56 PM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
16°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, 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.

Full moon

Full Pink Moon

Micromoon - rises 7:50 PM in the ESE

7:50 PM – 7:14 AM

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

ESE WSW
7:50 PM Moonrise
8:09 PM 4°
1:32 AM Highest, 50°
6:56 AM 4°
7:14 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:50 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
8:26 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 6:43 AM–7:07 AM
  • Moonset 6:46 AM
  • Sunrise 7:07 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:07 AM–7:38 AM
  • Morning best color 7:25 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:22 PM–7:53 PM
  • Moonrise 7:50 PM
  • Sunset 7:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:53 PM–8:17 PM
  • Evening best color 8:08 PM
  • Fully dark 9:14 PM–5:45 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Tampa, Florida, United States

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Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:57 AM Halloween Halloween night in Tampa - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Tampa - sunset at 5:45 PM Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:45 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 13.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:15 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.7% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:22 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 30.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:34 PM Total lunar eclipse 68% 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 Total solar eclipse Totality here
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:31 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it