Orlando, Florida, USA

Friday, September 5, 2025

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Orlando, Florida, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-57

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 8:32 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
8:32 AM
Highest around 8:41 AM
Distance
47 mi
Climbs to
70°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - Just Read the Instructions
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

7:05 AM

7:05 AM

6:42 AM Blue hour
7:05 AM Sunrise
7:37 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:42 PM

7:42 PM

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

7:10 PM Golden hour
7:42 PM Sunset
8:06 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

95% lit

6:36 PM – 5:46 AM

ESE WSW
6:36 PM Moonrise
6:56 PM 4°
12:11 AM Highest, 46°
5:27 AM 4°
5:46 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 574°F Clear sky
0% dry 85% 7 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 582°F Clear sky
0% dry 67% 9 mph
Evening 7 PM 573°F Clear sky
0% dry 84% 11 mph

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:43 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:42 AM–7:05 AM
  • Morning best color 7:01 AM
  • Sunrise 7:05 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:05 AM–7:37 AM
  • Moonrise 6:37 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:10 PM–7:42 PM
  • Sunset 7:42 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:42 PM–8:06 PM
  • Evening best color 7:50 PM
  • Fully dark 9:02 PM–5:46 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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Tue 20 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, SW to S, 57 deg up
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
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:32 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it