New York City, USA

Thursday, December 18, 2025

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New York City, USA

Rocket launch

Electron | Don't Be Such A Square

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 12:03 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading your way
When
12:03 AM
Highest around 12:12 AM
Distance
214 mi
Climbs to
29°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

7:15 AM

7:15 AM

6:44 AM Blue hour
7:15 AM Sunrise
7:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:30 PM

4:30 PM

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

3:46 PM Golden hour
4:30 PM Sunset
5:01 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

New moon

2% lit

6:17 AM – 3:04 PM

SE SW
6:17 AM Moonrise
6:44 AM 4°
10:40 AM Highest, 22°
2:36 PM 4°
3:04 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 6:17 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:44 AM–7:15 AM
  • Morning best color 7:13 AM
  • Sunrise 7:15 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:15 AM–7:58 AM
  • Moonset 3:04 PM
  • Evening golden hour 3:46 PM–4:30 PM
  • Sunset 4:30 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:30 PM–5:01 PM
  • Evening best color 4:36 PM
  • Fully dark 6:09 PM–5:36 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:09 PM–5:36 AM

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Wed 11 Nov 2026 12:26 AM Leonids Around 11 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 5:07 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 10:02 AM Partial solar eclipse 40.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:50 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 86% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.7% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:47 PM Total lunar eclipse 54% 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

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