Orlando, Florida, USA

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

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Orlando, Florida, USA

That morning

Sunrise

6:40 AM

6:40 AM

6:15 AM Blue hour
6:40 AM Sunrise
7:13 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.

7:31 PM Golden hour
8:03 PM Sunset
8:29 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-93

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 9:17 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
9:17 PM
Highest around 9:20 PM
Distance
49 mi
Climbs to
24°
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 4:18 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:33 PM Dark enough
3:53 AM Moonset
4:18 AM Best
5:09 AM Too light
Estimate
~11/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
18°
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.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

70% lit

3:03 PM – 3:53 AM

E W
3:03 PM Moonrise
3:22 PM 4°
9:30 PM Highest, 68°
3:35 AM 4°
3:53 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 571°F Clear sky
0% dry 80% 5 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 582°F Clear sky
0% dry 56% 5 mph
Evening 7 PM 575°F Clear sky
0% 1 mm 69% 2 mph

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:25 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:15 AM–6:40 AM
  • Morning best color 6:29 AM
  • Sunrise 6:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:40 AM–7:13 AM
  • Moonrise 3:04 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:31 PM–8:03 PM
  • Sunset 8:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:03 PM–8:29 PM
  • Evening best color 8:13 PM
  • Fully dark 9:30 PM–5:12 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:00 AM–5:12 AM

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