Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:46 AM

5:46 AM

5:16 AM Blue hour
5:46 AM Sunrise
6:25 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-28

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 4:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
4:21 AM
Highest around 4:30 AM
Distance
713 mi
Climbs to
27°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

The sun is far enough down that the ground is dark and still high enough to light the plume: exhaust expanding into near-vacuum turns into a glowing bell visible for hundreds of miles.

Sunset

8:26 PM

8:26 PM

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

7:47 PM Golden hour
8:26 PM Sunset
8:57 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

95% lit

7:10 PM – 4:08 AM

SE SW
7:10 PM Moonrise
7:36 PM 4°
11:39 PM Highest, 24°
3:42 AM 4°
4:08 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:18 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:16 AM–5:46 AM
  • Morning best color 5:31 AM
  • Sunrise 5:46 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:46 AM–6:25 AM
  • Moonrise 7:10 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:47 PM–8:26 PM
  • Evening best color 8:25 PM
  • Sunset 8:26 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:26 PM–8:57 PM
  • Fully dark 10:19 PM–3:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WSW to E, 69 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 7:28 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:36 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:36 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to WNW, 31 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 8:05 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Long shot, look SSW
Wed 28 Oct 2026 8:00 PM Halloween Halloween night in Chincoteague - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 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