Orlando, Florida, USA

Monday, April 21, 2025

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Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-32

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 4:15 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
4:15 AM
Highest around 4:18 AM
Distance
47 mi
Climbs to
25°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Landing
4:23 AM
Land - Landing Zone 1, back toward E

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

6:53 AM

6:53 AM

6:29 AM Blue hour
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:25 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:54 PM

7:54 PM

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

7:22 PM Golden hour
7:54 PM Sunset
8:19 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 3

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 8:48 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
8:48 PM
Highest around 8:51 PM
Distance
49 mi
Climbs to
25°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
8:56 PM
Land - Landing Zone 2, back toward E

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.

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 4:24 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:24 PM Dark enough
3:30 AM Moonrise
4:24 AM Best
5:22 AM Too light
Estimate
~15/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
76°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
8% lost
Speed
49 km/s

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 1:07 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
1:07 AM to 3:27 AM
Where to look
South-southeastern horizon, up to 28° above it
Highest at
3:27 AM
Sky fully dark
9:17 PM to 5:29 AM
Sky darkness
None
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Last quarter

44% lit

2:51 AM – 1:28 PM

ESE WSW
2:51 AM Moonrise
3:11 AM 4°
8:10 AM Highest, 39°
1:08 PM 4°
1:28 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 567°F Clear sky
0% dry 74% 11 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 579°F Clear sky
0% dry 46% 7 mph
Evening 7 PM 571°F Clear sky
0% dry 64% 15 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:51 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:29 AM–6:53 AM
  • Morning best color 6:42 AM
  • Sunrise 6:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:53 AM–7:25 AM
  • Moonset 1:29 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:22 PM–7:54 PM
  • Sunset 7:54 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:54 PM–8:19 PM
  • Evening best color 8:04 PM
  • Fully dark 9:17 PM–5:29 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:17 PM–3:37 AM

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Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
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Every celestial event, and where else to see it