Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Monday, April 6, 2026

TODAY
Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-35

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 7:50 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
7:50 PM
Highest around 7:59 PM
Distance
489 mi
Climbs to
11°
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

6:07 AM

6:07 AM

5:40 AM Blue hour
6:07 AM Sunrise
6:41 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:54 PM

6:54 PM

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

6:20 PM Golden hour
6:54 PM Sunset
7:20 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

80% lit

11:52 PM – 9:07 AM

SE SW
11:52 PM Moonrise
12:17 AM 4°
4:29 AM Highest, 26°
8:42 AM 4°
9:07 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:40 AM–6:07 AM
  • Sunrise 6:07 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:07 AM–6:41 AM
  • Morning best color 6:16 AM
  • Moonset 8:22 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:20 PM–6:54 PM
  • Evening best color 6:32 PM
  • Sunset 6:54 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:54 PM–7:20 PM
  • Fully dark 8:23 PM–4:36 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:23 PM–11:53 PM
  • Moonrise 11:52 PM
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Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 85 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:18 AM International Space Station Modest pass, S to ENE, 26 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:53 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:46 AM 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 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