Tampa, Florida, United States

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | OTV-8 (X-37B)

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 11:50 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
11:50 PM
Highest around 11:59 PM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
46°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Landing
11:57 PM
Land - Landing Zone 2, back toward ENE

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

7:03 AM

7:03 AM

6:39 AM Blue hour
7:03 AM Sunrise
7:35 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:02 PM

8:02 PM

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

7:30 PM Golden hour
8:02 PM Sunset
8:26 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.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 9:24 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:24 PM to 1:24 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 33° above it
Highest at
9:24 PM
Sky fully dark
9:24 PM to 5:41 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

Waning crescent

3% lit

5:16 AM – 7:18 PM

ENE WNW
5:16 AM Moonrise
5:36 AM 4°
12:20 PM Highest, 83°
6:58 PM 4°
7:18 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:16 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:39 AM–7:03 AM
  • Sunrise 7:03 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:03 AM–7:35 AM
  • Morning best color 7:19 AM
  • Moonset 7:18 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:30 PM–8:02 PM
  • Sunset 8:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:02 PM–8:26 PM
  • Evening best color 8:25 PM
  • Fully dark 9:24 PM–5:41 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:24 PM–5:41 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Tampa, Florida, United States

Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:25 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, W to WNW, 20 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 8:48 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:21 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:21 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Fair, 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