Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:39 AM

5:39 AM

5:09 AM Blue hour
5:39 AM Sunrise
6:18 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-19

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 12:43 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
12:43 AM
Highest around 12:52 AM
Distance
713 mi
Climbs to
15°
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.

Sunset

8:19 PM

8:19 PM

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

7:40 PM Golden hour
8:19 PM Sunset
8:50 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 2:02 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
2:02 AM to 3:46 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 23° above it
Highest at
2:02 AM
Sky fully dark
10:12 PM to 3:46 AM
Sky darkness
Fair
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

55% lit

1:21 PM – 1:58 AM

E W
1:21 PM Moonrise
1:42 PM 4°
7:42 PM Highest, 55°
1:38 AM 4°
1:58 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 1:37 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:09 AM–5:39 AM
  • Morning best color 5:24 AM
  • Sunrise 5:39 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:39 AM–6:18 AM
  • Moonrise 1:21 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:40 PM–8:19 PM
  • Evening best color 8:13 PM
  • Sunset 8:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:19 PM–8:50 PM
  • Fully dark 10:12 PM–3:46 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:02 AM–3:46 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WSW to ENE, 74 deg up
Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:06 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to NNE, 17 deg up
Tue 27 Oct 2026 6:53 AM Halloween Halloween night in Chincoteague - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Chincoteague - sunset at 5:02 PM Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:02 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Chincoteague - sunset at 5:01 PM Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:01 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:29 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 4.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:54 AM Partial solar eclipse 37.6% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:46 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 79% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 2% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:49 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% 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 60.9% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:28 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it