Tampa, Florida, United States

Monday, December 1, 2025

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-86

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 2:44 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
2:44 AM
Highest around 2:53 AM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
46°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - Just Read the Instructions
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

7:04 AM

7:04 AM

6:38 AM Blue hour
7:04 AM Sunrise
7:38 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:33 PM

5:33 PM

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

4:59 PM Golden hour
5:33 PM Sunset
5:59 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.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

85% lit

2:48 PM – 4:20 AM

ENE WNW
2:48 PM Moonrise
3:06 PM 4°
9:31 PM Highest, 77°
4:00 AM 4°
4:20 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:12 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:38 AM–7:04 AM
  • Sunrise 7:04 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:04 AM–7:38 AM
  • Morning best color 7:20 AM
  • Moonrise 2:48 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:59 PM–5:33 PM
  • Sunset 5:33 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:33 PM–5:59 PM
  • Evening best color 5:56 PM
  • Fully dark 6:56 PM–5:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:26 AM–5:42 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Tampa, Florida, United States

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Mon 19 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, SSE to ESE, 12 deg up
Mon 19 Oct 2026 7:36 PM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:25 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:21 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:21 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it