Orlando, Florida, USA

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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Orlando, Florida, USA
High 566°F, low 547°F.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-99

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 8:42 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
8:42 AM
Highest around 8:51 AM
Distance
47 mi
Climbs to
70°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - Just Read the Instructions
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

7:12 AM

7:12 AM

6:46 AM Blue hour
7:12 AM Sunrise
7:47 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:31 PM

5:31 PM

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

4:56 PM Golden hour
5:31 PM Sunset
5:57 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

5% lit

5:10 AM – 3:33 PM

ESE WSW
5:10 AM Moonrise
5:31 AM 4°
10:21 AM Highest, 37°
3:11 PM 4°
3:33 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 557°F Clear sky
0% dry 85% 4 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 566°F Clear sky
0% dry 67% 10 mph
Evening 7 PM 558°F Clear sky
0% dry 85% 9 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:10 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:46 AM–7:12 AM
  • Morning best color 7:07 AM
  • Sunrise 7:12 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:12 AM–7:47 AM
  • Moonset 3:33 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:56 PM–5:31 PM
  • Sunset 5:31 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:31 PM–5:57 PM
  • Evening best color 5:40 PM
  • Fully dark 6:55 PM–5:48 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:55 PM–5:48 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 Fair, look E
Mon 19 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:50 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:16 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:16 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Good, look E
Wed 28 Oct 2026 8:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:53 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:20 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 12.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:18 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 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 29.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:31 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