Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Rocket launch

HASTE | JUSTIN

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 8:28 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SW
Heading away from you
When
8:28 PM
Highest around 8:37 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:56 AM

6:56 AM

6:30 AM Blue hour
6:56 AM Sunrise
7:31 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:46 PM

6:46 PM

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

6:11 PM Golden hour
6:46 PM Sunset
7:12 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

First quarter

57% lit

3:12 PM – 12:28 AM

SE SW
3:12 PM Moonrise
3:38 PM 4°
7:50 PM Highest, 26°
12:03 AM 4°
12:28 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:30 AM–6:56 AM
  • Morning best color 6:36 AM
  • Sunrise 6:56 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:56 AM–7:31 AM
  • Moonrise 3:13 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:11 PM–6:46 PM
  • Evening best color 6:44 PM
  • Sunset 6:46 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:46 PM–7:12 PM
  • Fully dark 8:13 PM–5:30 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:33 AM–5:30 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to NNE, 16 deg up
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:57 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:47 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, S to SE, 13 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 7:16 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 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