Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Monday, April 6, 2026

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Monday 6 April 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-35

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 7:50 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WSW
Crossing your sky
When
7:50 PM
Highest around 7:59 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

6:19 AM

6:19 AM

5:52 AM Blue hour
6:19 AM Sunrise
6:53 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:06 PM

7:06 PM

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

6:32 PM Golden hour
7:06 PM Sunset
7:32 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

80% lit

12:04 AM – 9:19 AM

SE SW
12:04 AM Moonrise
12:29 AM 4°
4:42 AM Highest, 26°
8:54 AM 4°
9:19 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 5:52 AM–6:19 AM
  • Sunrise 6:19 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:19 AM–6:53 AM
  • Morning best color 6:28 AM
  • Moonset 8:35 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:32 PM–7:06 PM
  • Evening best color 7:06 PM
  • Sunset 7:06 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:06 PM–7:32 PM
  • Fully dark 8:35 PM–4:48 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:35 PM–12:05 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Tiangong space station Bright pass, NW to E, 47 deg up
Sat 10 Oct 2026 5:38 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:40 PM to 5:10 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 8:50 AM Milky Way Visible 7:36 PM to 8:36 PM with no moon, 16° above the south-southwestern horizon - 3 nights 10 Oct to 12 Oct
Sat 10 Oct 2026 7:36 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, ENE to ENE, 22 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 4:42 AM Tropical Storm Rachel Rain bands and gusts possible, passing to the east
Sun 11 Oct 2026 10:20 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:58 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 8:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 6:44 AM Partial solar eclipse 57% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:29 AM Total lunar eclipse 61% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.1% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:43 PM Partial solar eclipse 27.1% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:29 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Total lunar eclipse 57% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM

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