Orlando, Florida, USA

Sunday, May 4, 2025

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Orlando, Florida, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-84

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 4:54 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 5:02 AM–5:03 AM, ENE about 7° up

Look
E
Heading away from you
When
4:54 AM
Highest around 4:57 AM
Distance
47 mi
Climbs to
24°
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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:41 AM

6:41 AM

6:16 AM Blue hour
6:41 AM Sunrise
7:14 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:02 PM

8:02 PM

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

7:30 PM Golden hour
8:02 PM Sunset
8:27 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 4:17 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:32 PM Dark enough
2:54 AM Moonset
4:17 AM Best
5:11 AM Too light
Estimate
~13/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
16°
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 2:58 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
2:58 AM to 5:14 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 33° above it
Highest at
4:18 AM
Sky fully dark
9:28 PM to 5:14 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

First quarter

51% lit

1:09 PM – 2:54 AM

ENE WNW
1:09 PM Moonrise
1:29 PM 4°
8:04 PM Highest, 79°
2:35 AM 4°
2:54 AM 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 566°F Clear sky
0% 1 mm 81% 11 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 577°F Clear sky
0% dry 53% 15 mph
Evening 7 PM 574°F Clear sky
0% dry 62% 16 mph

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:19 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:16 AM–6:41 AM
  • Morning best color 6:30 AM
  • Sunrise 6:41 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:41 AM–7:14 AM
  • Moonrise 1:10 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:30 PM–8:02 PM
  • Sunset 8:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:02 PM–8:27 PM
  • Evening best color 8:12 PM
  • Fully dark 9:28 PM–5:14 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:58 AM–5:14 AM

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