Orlando, Florida, USA

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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Orlando, Florida, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-67

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 12:38 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
12:38 PM
Highest around 12:47 PM
Distance
49 mi
Climbs to
69°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:35 AM

6:35 AM

6:09 AM Blue hour
6:35 AM Sunrise
7:08 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:08 PM

8:08 PM

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

7:35 PM Golden hour
8:08 PM Sunset
8:34 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

96% lit

10:20 PM – 8:24 AM

SE SW
10:20 PM Moonrise
10:42 PM 4°
3:22 AM Highest, 33°
8:02 AM 4°
8:24 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 570°F Clear sky
0% dry 78% 4 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 579°F Clear sky
0% dry 55% 6 mph
Evening 7 PM 575°F Clear sky
0% dry 61% 12 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:09 AM–6:35 AM
  • Morning best color 6:24 AM
  • Sunrise 6:35 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:35 AM–7:08 AM
  • Moonset 7:35 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:35 PM–8:08 PM
  • Sunset 8:08 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:08 PM–8:34 PM
  • Evening best color 8:18 PM
  • Fully dark 9:37 PM–5:05 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:37 PM–10:27 PM
  • Moonrise 10:21 PM

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Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 12.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:18 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 29.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:31 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% 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
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Every celestial event, and where else to see it