Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Friday, July 18, 2025

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-3

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 8:52 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 8:57 PM–9:00 PM, SW about 7° up

Look
WSW
Crossing your sky
When
8:52 PM
Highest around 9:01 PM
Distance
326 mi
Climbs to
19°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
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.

That morning

Sunrise

5:37 AM

5:37 AM

5:08 AM Blue hour
5:37 AM Sunrise
6:14 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:56 PM

7:56 PM

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

7:19 PM Golden hour
7:56 PM Sunset
8:25 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 9:40 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:40 PM to 12:20 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 25° above it
Highest at
10:40 PM
Sky fully dark
9:40 PM to 3:53 AM
Sky darkness
None
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

Last quarter

41% lit

11:57 PM – 2:02 PM

ENE WNW
11:57 PM Moonrise
12:17 AM 4°
6:56 AM Highest, 70°
1:40 PM 4°
2:02 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:08 AM–5:37 AM
  • Sunrise 5:37 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:37 AM–6:14 AM
  • Morning best color 5:47 AM
  • Moonset 2:02 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:19 PM–7:56 PM
  • Evening best color 7:55 PM
  • Sunset 7:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:56 PM–8:25 PM
  • Fully dark 9:40 PM–3:53 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:40 PM–12:30 AM

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Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:11 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 8:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 6:44 AM Partial solar eclipse 57% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:29 AM Total lunar eclipse 61% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.1% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:43 PM Partial solar eclipse 27.1% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:29 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Total lunar eclipse 57% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.6% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 11:49 AM Partial solar eclipse 84.7% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:04 PM Partial solar eclipse 89.7% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:25 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it