Tampa, Florida, United States

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-29

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 11:37 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
11:37 PM
Highest around 11:46 PM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
46°
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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:51 AM

6:51 AM

6:25 AM Blue hour
6:51 AM Sunrise
7:24 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:21 PM

8:21 PM

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

7:48 PM Golden hour
8:21 PM Sunset
8:46 PM Best color, then blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 7 well-rated past sunsets here.

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 4:36 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:51 PM Dark enough
11:21 PM Moonset
4:36 AM Best
5:21 AM Too light
Estimate
~16/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
43°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
59 km/s

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Best around 3:36 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:51 PM Dark enough
11:21 PM Moonset
3:36 AM Best
5:21 AM Too light
Estimate
~11/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
46°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
41 km/s

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Stays near its best for several nights, not just one.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 11:28 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
11:28 PM to 2:48 AM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 32° above it
Highest at
11:28 PM
Sky fully dark
9:48 PM to 5:24 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

Waxing crescent

24% lit

11:22 AM – 11:21 PM

E W
11:22 AM Moonrise
11:40 AM 4°
5:23 PM Highest, 57°
11:03 PM 4°
11:21 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 6:25 AM–6:51 AM
  • Sunrise 6:51 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:51 AM–7:24 AM
  • Morning best color 7:07 AM
  • Moonrise 11:23 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:48 PM–8:21 PM
  • Sunset 8:21 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:21 PM–8:46 PM
  • Evening best color 8:44 PM
  • Fully dark 9:48 PM–5:24 AM
  • Moonset 11:21 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:28 PM–5:24 AM

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Every celestial event, and where else to see it