Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA Wednesday 29 April 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-36

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 7:42 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
7:42 PM
Highest around 7:51 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

5:37 AM

5:37 AM

5:10 AM Blue hour
5:37 AM Sunrise
6:12 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:14 PM

7:14 PM

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

6:38 PM Golden hour
7:14 PM Sunset
7:41 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

96% lit

5:41 PM – 4:44 AM

ESE WSW
5:41 PM Moonrise
6:01 PM 4°
11:13 PM Highest, 41°
4:24 AM 4°
4:44 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:20 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:10 AM–5:37 AM
  • Sunrise 5:37 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:37 AM–6:12 AM
  • Morning best color 5:47 AM
  • Moonrise 5:41 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:38 PM–7:14 PM
  • Evening best color 6:54 PM
  • Sunset 7:14 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:14 PM–7:41 PM
  • Fully dark 8:49 PM–4:00 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Tiangong space station Bright pass, NE to E, 32 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 4:42 AM Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel Rain bands and gusts possible, passing to the west
Sun 11 Oct 2026 11:00 AM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 85 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:18 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 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

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