Orlando, Florida, USA

Friday, May 1, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA Friday 1 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 6 an hour

Best around 5:00 AM

Radiant climbs to
22°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
43% lost
Speed
66 km/s

The rate at the top is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-38

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 2:06 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
2:06 PM
Highest around 2:15 PM
Distance
49 mi
Climbs to
69°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

That morning

Sunrise

6:44 AM

6:44 AM

6:19 AM Blue hour
6:44 AM Sunrise
7:16 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:00 PM

8:00 PM

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

7:28 PM Golden hour
8:00 PM Sunset
8:25 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Flower Moon

Rises 8:17 PM in the ESE

8:17 PM – 6:56 AM

ESE WSW
8:17 PM Moonrise
8:37 PM 4°
1:36 AM Highest, 40°
6:36 AM 4°
6:56 AM Moonset

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

Rises
8:17 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
1:24 PM
Distance
249,484 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:19 AM–6:44 AM
  • Moonset 6:21 AM
  • Morning best color 6:36 AM
  • Sunrise 6:44 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:44 AM–7:16 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:28 PM–8:00 PM
  • Sunset 8:00 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:00 PM–8:25 PM
  • Evening best color 8:09 PM
  • Moonrise 8:18 PM
  • Fully dark 9:26 PM–5:18 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

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Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:09 AM International Space Station Modest pass, S to E, 19 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:31 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 Excellent, look E
Tue 13 Oct 2026 6:33 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:50 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 12.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:18 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 29.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:31 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM

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