Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Monday, December 8, 2025

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-92

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 5:26 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 5:30 PM–5:34 PM, SE about 10° up

Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
5:26 PM
Highest around 5:35 PM
Distance
747 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

7:17 AM

7:17 AM

6:47 AM Blue hour
7:17 AM Sunrise
7:59 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:47 PM

4:47 PM

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

4:05 PM Golden hour
4:47 PM Sunset
5:17 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 22 an hour

Best around 2:32 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
83°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
60% 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

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

Moon

Waning gibbous

81% lit

8:59 PM – 11:27 AM

ENE WNW
8:59 PM Moonrise
9:22 PM 4°
4:18 AM Highest, 69°
11:06 AM 4°
11:27 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 6:47 AM–7:17 AM
  • Morning best color 6:59 AM
  • Sunrise 7:17 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:17 AM–7:59 AM
  • Moonset 10:56 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:05 PM–4:47 PM
  • Evening best color 4:40 PM
  • Sunset 4:47 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:47 PM–5:17 PM
  • Fully dark 6:23 PM–5:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:23 PM–9:03 PM
  • Moonrise 9:00 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, E to ENE, 24 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 5:06 AM Orionids Active, around 6 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 5:45 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 Good, space jellyfish SE
Mon 19 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:24 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:43 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:43 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:36 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:50 AM Partial solar eclipse 42.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:43 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 61% 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