Orlando, Florida, USA

Monday, April 27, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA Monday 27 April 2026

Rocket launch

Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-06)

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 8:53 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
8:53 PM
Highest around 9:02 PM
Distance
48 mi
Climbs to
69°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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

6:48 AM

6:48 AM

6:23 AM Blue hour
6:48 AM Sunrise
7:20 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:58 PM

7:58 PM

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

7:26 PM Golden hour
7:58 PM Sunset
8:22 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

84% lit

4:33 PM – 4:52 AM

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4:33 PM Moonrise
4:51 PM 4°
10:43 PM Highest, 61°
4:34 AM 4°
4:52 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:23 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:23 AM–6:48 AM
  • Morning best color 6:40 AM
  • Sunrise 6:48 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:48 AM–7:20 AM
  • Moonrise 4:33 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:26 PM–7:58 PM
  • Sunset 7:58 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:58 PM–8:22 PM
  • Evening best color 8:06 PM
  • Fully dark 9:22 PM–5:22 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:02 AM–5:22 AM
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