Leesburg, Virginia, USA

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:11 AM

6:11 AM

5:42 AM Blue hour
6:11 AM Sunrise
6:48 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:03 PM

8:03 PM

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

7:26 PM Golden hour
8:03 PM Sunset
8:32 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-75

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 9:51 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
9:51 PM
Highest around 10:00 PM
Distance
749 mi
Climbs to
10°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - Just Read the Instructions
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.

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 4:33 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:33 PM Dark enough
1:06 AM Moonset
4:40 AM Best 4:33 AM, then too light
Estimate
~8/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
17°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 1:15 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
1:15 AM to 4:28 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 22° above it
Highest at
4:15 AM
Sky fully dark
9:45 PM to 4:28 AM
Sky darkness
Very poor
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

Waxing crescent

20% lit

9:02 AM – 1:06 AM

NE WNW
9:02 AM Moonrise
9:28 AM 4°
5:06 PM Highest, 79°
12:41 AM 4°
1:06 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:08 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:42 AM–6:11 AM
  • Morning best color 5:55 AM
  • Sunrise 6:11 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:11 AM–6:48 AM
  • Moonrise 9:03 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:26 PM–8:03 PM
  • Evening best color 8:02 PM
  • Sunset 8:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:03 PM–8:32 PM
  • Fully dark 9:45 PM–4:28 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:15 AM–4:28 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, SW to ESE, 47 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 7:28 PM International Space Station Modest pass, N to NE, 12 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:51 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:43 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:43 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Long shot, look SSW
Wed 28 Oct 2026 8:00 PM Halloween Halloween night in Leesburg - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:36 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:50 AM Partial solar eclipse 42.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:43 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 61% 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 Partial solar eclipse 61.7% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:23 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it