Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Sunday, January 11, 2026

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 6:44 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
6:44 AM
Highest around 6:53 AM
Distance
489 mi
Climbs to
11°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Land - Landing Zone 4

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

7:39 AM

7:39 AM

7:11 AM Blue hour
7:39 AM Sunrise
8:18 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:33 PM

5:33 PM

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

4:54 PM Golden hour
5:33 PM Sunset
6:01 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

39% lit

1:30 AM – 12:13 PM

ESE WSW
1:30 AM Moonrise
1:52 AM 4°
6:52 AM Highest, 38°
11:52 AM 4°
12:13 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:31 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:11 AM–7:39 AM
  • Sunrise 7:39 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:39 AM–8:18 AM
  • Morning best color 7:48 AM
  • Moonset 12:13 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:54 PM–5:33 PM
  • Evening best color 5:17 PM
  • Sunset 5:33 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:33 PM–6:01 PM
  • Fully dark 7:04 PM–6:08 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:04 PM–2:34 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:46 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:10 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:10 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:59 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:30 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 12:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 12:53 AM Leonids Around 12 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 5:34 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 9:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 7:32 AM Partial solar eclipse 57.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 9:33 AM Total lunar eclipse 68% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.4% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 2:50 PM Partial solar eclipse 23.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 7:46 PM Total lunar eclipse 62% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it