Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Rocket launch

Terrier Improved Orion | TOMEX+

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 10:43 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SW
Crossing your sky
When
10:43 PM
Highest around 10:52 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
LA2 ARC
Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia
Mission
Aeron
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 154 km. From GCAT (2025-S40).

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

Rocket launch

Terrier Improved Orion | TOMEX+

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 10:44 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SW
Crossing your sky
When
10:44 PM
Highest around 10:53 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
LA2 MRL
Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia
Mission
Aeron
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 154 km. From GCAT (2025-S41).

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

Rocket launch

Black Brant IX | TOMEX+

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 10:48 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SW
Crossing your sky
When
10:48 PM
Highest around 10:57 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
LA2 50K
Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia
Mission
Aeron
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 135 km. From GCAT (2025-S42).

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:27 AM

6:27 AM

6:00 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:02 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:38 PM

7:38 PM

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

7:03 PM Golden hour
7:38 PM Sunset
8:05 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Fair viewing

Visible from 9:41 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:41 PM to 11:41 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 21° above it
Highest at
9:41 PM
Sky fully dark
9:11 PM to 4:55 AM
Sky darkness
Fair
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

18% lit

10:43 AM – 9:33 PM

ESE WSW
10:43 AM Moonrise
11:05 AM 4°
4:09 PM Highest, 38°
9:12 PM 4°
9:33 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 6:00 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:11 AM
  • Sunrise 6:27 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:27 AM–7:02 AM
  • Moonrise 10:44 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:03 PM–7:38 PM
  • Evening best color 7:37 PM
  • Sunset 7:38 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:38 PM–8:05 PM
  • Fully dark 9:11 PM–4:55 AM
  • Moonset 9:33 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:41 PM–4:55 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Orionids Active, around 11 an hour
Thu 22 Oct 2026 7:44 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, SSW to E, 23 deg up
Fri 23 Oct 2026 6:52 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:36 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:36 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 New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM 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