Orlando, Florida, USA

Friday, May 29, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA Friday 29 May 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-53

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 8:57 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
8:57 AM
Highest around 9:06 AM
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.

Rocket launch

Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-07)

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 7:53 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
7:53 PM
Highest around 8:02 PM
Distance
48 mi
Climbs to
69°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:28 AM

6:28 AM

6:02 AM Blue hour
6:28 AM Sunrise
7:02 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:17 PM

8:17 PM

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

7:43 PM Golden hour
8:17 PM Sunset
8:43 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

97% lit

7:08 PM – 5:35 AM

ESE WSW
7:08 PM Moonrise
7:29 PM 4°
12:21 AM Highest, 37°
5:14 AM 4°
5:35 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:57 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:02 AM–6:28 AM
  • Morning best color 6:20 AM
  • Sunrise 6:28 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:28 AM–7:02 AM
  • Moonrise 7:08 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:43 PM–8:17 PM
  • Sunset 8:17 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:17 PM–8:43 PM
  • Evening best color 8:25 PM
  • Fully dark 9:49 PM–4:56 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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