Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Saturday, February 14, 2026

TODAY
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-13

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 5:59 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WSW
Crossing your sky
When
5:59 PM
Highest around 6:08 PM
Distance
326 mi
Climbs to
19°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
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

6:28 AM

6:28 AM

6:02 AM Blue hour
6:28 AM Sunrise
7:04 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:20 PM

5:20 PM

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

4:45 PM Golden hour
5:20 PM Sunset
5:47 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

7% lit

4:58 AM – 2:37 PM

SE SW
4:58 AM Moonrise
5:22 AM 4°
9:47 AM Highest, 29°
2:13 PM 4°
2:37 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:58 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:02 AM–6:28 AM
  • Sunrise 6:28 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:28 AM–7:04 AM
  • Morning best color 6:38 AM
  • Moonset 2:37 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:45 PM–5:20 PM
  • Evening best color 5:20 PM
  • Sunset 5:20 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:20 PM–5:47 PM
  • Fully dark 6:47 PM–5:01 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:47 PM–5:01 AM
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