Orlando, Florida, USA

Friday, February 27, 2026

TODAY
Orlando, Florida, USA
High 572°F, low 551°F.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-108

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 7:16 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
7:16 AM
Highest around 7:25 AM
Distance
49 mi
Climbs to
69°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:52 AM

6:52 AM

6:28 AM Blue hour
6:52 AM Sunrise
7:23 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:24 PM

6:24 PM

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

5:52 PM Golden hour
6:24 PM Sunset
6:47 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

83% lit

2:36 PM – 5:01 AM

ENE WNW
2:36 PM Moonrise
2:57 PM 4°
9:51 PM Highest, 86°
4:41 AM 4°
5:01 AM 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 562°F Clear sky
0% dry 89% 7 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 569°F Clear sky
0% dry 69% 10 mph
Evening 7 PM 559°F Clear sky
0% 1 mm 94% 7 mph

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:13 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:28 AM–6:52 AM
  • Morning best color 6:44 AM
  • Sunrise 6:52 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:52 AM–7:23 AM
  • Moonrise 2:36 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:52 PM–6:24 PM
  • Sunset 6:24 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:24 PM–6:47 PM
  • Evening best color 6:32 PM
  • Fully dark 7:42 PM–5:32 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:02 AM–5:32 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, NW to E, 36 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 6:46 AM Milky Way Visible 8:17 PM to 9:47 PM with no moon, 22° above the southwestern horizon - 2 nights 12 Oct to 13 Oct
Mon 12 Oct 2026 8:17 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNE to ENE, 22 deg up
Tue 13 Oct 2026 5:49 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 Excellent, look E
Tue 13 Oct 2026 6:33 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:50 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 6:16 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:16 PM 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