Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

That morning

Sunrise

6:05 AM

6:05 AM

5:38 AM Blue hour
6:05 AM Sunrise
6:39 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Minotaur IV | NROL-174

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 12:33 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WSW
Crossing your sky
When
12:33 PM
Highest around 12:38 PM
Distance
329 mi
Climbs to
11°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 8
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

7:15 PM

7:15 PM

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

6:40 PM Golden hour
7:15 PM Sunset
7:41 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

88% lit

11:15 PM – 8:31 AM

SE SW
11:15 PM Moonrise
11:40 PM 4°
3:53 AM Highest, 26°
8:06 AM 4°
8:31 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:38 AM–6:05 AM
  • Sunrise 6:05 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:05 AM–6:39 AM
  • Morning best color 6:14 AM
  • Moonset 7:48 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:40 PM–7:15 PM
  • Evening best color 7:13 PM
  • Sunset 7:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:15 PM–7:41 PM
  • Fully dark 8:46 PM–4:32 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:46 PM–11:16 PM
  • Moonrise 11:15 PM

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Tue 11 Jan 2028 8:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 6:44 AM Partial solar eclipse 57% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:29 AM Total lunar eclipse 61% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.1% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:43 PM Partial solar eclipse 27.1% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:29 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Total lunar eclipse 57% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.6% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:49 AM Partial solar eclipse 84.7% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:04 PM Partial solar eclipse 89.7% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:25 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it