Tampa, Florida, United States

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-28

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 4:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
4:21 AM
Highest around 4:30 AM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
46°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, 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

6:40 AM

6:40 AM

6:13 AM Blue hour
6:40 AM Sunrise
7:14 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:29 PM

8:29 PM

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

7:55 PM Golden hour
8:29 PM Sunset
8:56 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

95% lit

7:05 PM – 5:12 AM

SE SW
7:05 PM Moonrise
7:27 PM 4°
12:08 AM Highest, 34°
4:50 AM 4°
5:12 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:20 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:13 AM–6:40 AM
  • Sunrise 6:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:40 AM–7:14 AM
  • Morning best color 6:57 AM
  • Moonrise 7:05 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:55 PM–8:29 PM
  • Sunset 8:29 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:29 PM–8:56 PM
  • Evening best color 8:44 PM
  • Fully dark 10:01 PM–5:09 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Tampa, Florida, United States

Orionids Active, around 11 an hour
Thu 22 Oct 2026 8:23 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to NNW, 18 deg up
Fri 23 Oct 2026 8:27 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:21 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:21 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Marginal, look ENE
Wed 28 Oct 2026 8:00 PM Halloween Halloween night in Tampa - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:13 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 13.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:15 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.7% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:22 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 30.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:34 PM Total lunar eclipse 68% 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 Total solar eclipse Totality here
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:31 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it