Titusville, Florida, USA

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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Titusville, Florida, USA

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 33 an hour

Best around 2:41 AM

Radiant climbs to
86°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
53% 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.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-77

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 2:16 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ESE
Crossing your sky
When
2:16 PM
Highest around 2:25 PM
Distance
14 mi
Climbs to
84°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
2:24 PM
Land - Landing Zone 2, back toward ESE

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

That morning

Sunrise

7:04 AM

7:04 AM

6:38 AM Blue hour
7:04 AM Sunrise
7:40 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:26 PM

5:26 PM

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

4:51 PM Golden hour
5:26 PM Sunset
5:52 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

72% lit

10:39 PM – 11:55 AM

ENE W
10:39 PM Moonrise
10:58 PM 4°
5:19 AM Highest, 73°
11:37 AM 4°
11:55 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 6:38 AM–7:04 AM
  • Morning best color 7:00 AM
  • Sunrise 7:04 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:04 AM–7:40 AM
  • Moonset 11:23 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:51 PM–5:26 PM
  • Sunset 5:26 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:26 PM–5:52 PM
  • Evening best color 5:35 PM
  • Fully dark 6:50 PM–5:41 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:50 PM–10:40 PM
  • Moonrise 10:40 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Titusville, Florida, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, N to NNE, 28 deg up
Fri 16 Oct 2026 5:51 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, SSW to SSE, 36 deg up
Fri 16 Oct 2026 6:06 AM Orionids Active, around 7 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 5:52 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 Marginal, look ESE
Mon 19 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:48 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:14 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:14 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 12.4% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:20 AM Partial solar eclipse 28.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:27 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 29.8% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:28 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% 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