Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-95

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 5:18 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 5:23 PM–5:27 PM, SE about 15° up

Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
5:18 PM
Highest around 5:27 PM
Distance
713 mi
Climbs to
5°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

The sun is far enough down that the ground is dark and still high enough to light the plume: exhaust expanding into near-vacuum turns into a glowing bell visible for hundreds of miles.

That morning

Sunrise

6:59 AM

6:59 AM

6:30 AM Blue hour
6:59 AM Sunrise
7:40 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:42 PM

4:42 PM

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

4:01 PM Golden hour
4:42 PM Sunset
5:11 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

92% lit

2:38 PM – 5:27 AM

ENE WNW
2:38 PM Moonrise
3:00 PM 4°
9:58 PM Highest, 73°
5:04 AM 4°
5:27 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:08 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:30 AM–6:59 AM
  • Morning best color 6:39 AM
  • Sunrise 6:59 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:59 AM–7:40 AM
  • Moonrise 2:38 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:01 PM–4:42 PM
  • Evening best color 4:34 PM
  • Sunset 4:42 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:42 PM–5:11 PM
  • Fully dark 6:15 PM–5:27 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Orionids Active, around 8 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:51 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 Fair, space jellyfish SSE
Mon 19 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:47 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:36 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:36 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