Orlando, Florida, USA

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

TODAY
Orlando, Florida, USA

Rocket launch

SLS Block 1 | Artemis II

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 6:35 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
6:35 PM
Highest around 6:44 PM
Distance
46 mi
Climbs to
70°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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

That morning

Sunrise

7:15 AM

7:15 AM

6:51 AM Blue hour
7:15 AM Sunrise
7:46 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:43 PM

7:43 PM

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

7:12 PM Golden hour
7:43 PM Sunset
8:07 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Pink Moon

Rises 7:35 PM in the E

7:35 PM – 7:18 AM

E WSW
7:35 PM Moonrise
7:54 PM 4°
1:27 AM Highest, 53°
7:00 AM 4°
7:18 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:35 PM in the E
Exactly full
10:15 PM
Distance
244,413 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:50 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:51 AM–7:15 AM
  • Morning best color 7:07 AM
  • Sunrise 7:15 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:15 AM–7:46 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:12 PM–7:43 PM
  • Moonrise 7:36 PM
  • Sunset 7:43 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:43 PM–8:07 PM
  • Evening best color 7:52 PM
  • Fully dark 9:03 PM–5:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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