Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Friday, February 27, 2026

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Rocket launch

HASTE | That's Not A Knife (DART AE)

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 7:00 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SW
Heading away from you
When
7:00 PM
Highest around 7:09 PM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
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

6:35 AM

6:35 AM

6:09 AM Blue hour
6:35 AM Sunrise
7:11 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:52 PM

5:52 PM

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

5:17 PM Golden hour
5:52 PM Sunset
6:19 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

83% lit

1:42 PM – 5:01 AM

ENE WNW
1:42 PM Moonrise
2:06 PM 4°
9:25 PM Highest, 76°
4:38 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.

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:17 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:09 AM–6:35 AM
  • Morning best color 6:19 AM
  • Sunrise 6:35 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:35 AM–7:11 AM
  • Moonrise 1:43 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:17 PM–5:52 PM
  • Evening best color 5:41 PM
  • Sunset 5:52 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:52 PM–6:19 PM
  • Fully dark 7:20 PM–5:06 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, SW to SE, 41 deg up
Tue 13 Oct 2026 5:49 AM International Space Station Bright pass, SSW to ENE, 45 deg up
Tue 13 Oct 2026 6:35 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:17 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:36 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:36 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:29 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 5:00 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 4.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:54 AM Partial solar eclipse 37.6% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:46 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 79% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 2% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:49 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% 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