Tampa, Florida, United States

Thursday, May 21, 2026

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Tampa, Florida, United States Thursday 21 May 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-31

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 6:04 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ENE
Heading away from you
When
6:04 AM
Highest around 6:13 AM
Distance
122 mi
Climbs to
46°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
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

6:37 AM

6:37 AM

6:11 AM Blue hour
6:37 AM Sunrise
7:10 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:15 PM

8:15 PM

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

7:42 PM Golden hour
8:15 PM Sunset
8:41 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.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 1:25 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
1:25 AM to 5:07 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 33° above it
Highest at
3:15 AM
Sky fully dark
9:45 PM to 5:07 AM
Sky darkness
None
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waxing crescent

31% lit

11:29 AM – 1:22 AM

ENE WNW
11:29 AM Moonrise
11:49 AM 4°
6:29 PM Highest, 81°
1:03 AM 4°
1:22 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:41 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:11 AM–6:37 AM
  • Sunrise 6:37 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:37 AM–7:10 AM
  • Morning best color 6:53 AM
  • Moonrise 11:29 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:42 PM–8:15 PM
  • Sunset 8:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:15 PM–8:41 PM
  • Evening best color 8:38 PM
  • Fully dark 9:45 PM–5:07 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:25 AM–5:07 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Tampa, Florida, United States

New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:30 PM to 6:00 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 11:50 AM Milky Way Visible 8:23 PM to 10:03 PM with no moon, 23° above the southwestern horizon - 4 nights 10 Oct to 13 Oct
Sat 10 Oct 2026 8:23 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, N to NE, 12 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:09 AM International Space Station Modest pass, SSE to E, 17 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 Excellent, look ENE
Tue 13 Oct 2026 6:33 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 13.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:15 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.7% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:22 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 30.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:34 PM Total lunar eclipse 68% 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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