Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Monday, December 8, 2025

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-92

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 5:26 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 5:30 PM–5:34 PM, SE about 15° up

Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
5:26 PM
Highest around 5:35 PM
Distance
711 mi
Climbs to
5°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, 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

7:05 AM

7:05 AM

6:35 AM Blue hour
7:05 AM Sunrise
7:46 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:41 PM

4:41 PM

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

4:01 PM Golden hour
4:41 PM Sunset
5:11 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 22 an hour

Best around 2:11 AM

The night6:11 PM – 5:36 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
84°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
61% lost
Speed
35 km/s

The rate at the top is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

The strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

Moon

Waning gibbous

81% lit

8:53 PM – 11:16 AM

ENE WNW
8:53 PM Moonrise
9:16 PM 4°
4:08 AM Highest, 70°
10:55 AM 4°
11:16 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 6:35 AM–7:05 AM
  • Morning best color 6:45 AM
  • Sunrise 7:05 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:05 AM–7:46 AM
  • Moonset 10:43 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:01 PM–4:41 PM
  • Evening best color 4:34 PM
  • Sunset 4:41 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:41 PM–5:11 PM
  • Fully dark 6:16 PM–5:31 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:16 PM–8:56 PM
  • Moonrise 8:53 PM

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