Tampa, Florida, United States

Monday, April 27, 2026

TODAY
Tampa, Florida, United States

Rocket launch

Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-06)

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 8:53 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
8:53 PM
Highest around 9:02 PM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
46°
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

6:53 AM

6:53 AM

6:28 AM Blue hour
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:25 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:01 PM

8:01 PM

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

7:29 PM Golden hour
8:01 PM Sunset
8:26 PM Best color, then blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 7 well-rated past sunsets here.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

84% lit

4:37 PM – 4:56 AM

E W
4:37 PM Moonrise
4:55 PM 4°
10:48 PM Highest, 62°
4:38 AM 4°
4:56 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:28 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:28 AM–6:53 AM
  • Sunrise 6:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:53 AM–7:25 AM
  • Morning best color 7:09 AM
  • Moonrise 4:38 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:29 PM–8:01 PM
  • Sunset 8:01 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:01 PM–8:26 PM
  • Evening best color 8:24 PM
  • Fully dark 9:25 PM–5:28 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:05 AM–5:28 AM
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