Orlando, Florida, USA

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

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Orlando, Florida, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-22

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 7:56 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
7:56 AM
Highest around 8:05 AM
Distance
49 mi
Climbs to
69°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

That morning

Sunrise

7:04 AM

7:04 AM

6:41 AM Blue hour
7:04 AM Sunrise
7:36 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:44 PM

7:44 PM

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

7:13 PM Golden hour
7:44 PM Sunset
8:08 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

81% lit

5:15 PM – 3:38 AM

ESE WSW
5:15 PM Moonrise
5:36 PM 4°
10:27 PM Highest, 36°
3:17 AM 4°
3:38 AM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 572°F Clear sky
0% dry 85% 8 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 582°F Clear sky
0% dry 61% 8 mph
Evening 7 PM 574°F Clear sky
0% dry 75% 10 mph

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:36 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:41 AM–7:04 AM
  • Morning best color 7:00 AM
  • Sunrise 7:04 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:04 AM–7:36 AM
  • Moonrise 5:16 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:13 PM–7:44 PM
  • Sunset 7:44 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:44 PM–8:08 PM
  • Evening best color 7:53 PM
  • Fully dark 9:05 PM–5:44 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:45 AM–5:44 AM

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Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:11 PM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:20 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:16 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:16 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 12.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:18 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 29.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:31 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% 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
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