Orlando, Florida, USA

Thursday, June 4, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA Thursday 4 June 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-43

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 6:26 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
6:26 AM
Highest around 6:35 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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:27 AM

6:27 AM

6:01 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:01 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:20 PM

8:20 PM

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

7:46 PM Golden hour
8:20 PM Sunset
8:46 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 10:13 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
10:13 PM to 11:53 PM
Where to look
Southeastern horizon, up to 23° above it
Highest at
11:53 PM
Sky fully dark
9:53 PM to 4:54 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

Waning gibbous

84% lit

11:59 PM – 10:48 AM

ESE WSW
11:59 PM Moonrise
12:19 AM 4°
5:24 AM Highest, 42°
10:28 AM 4°
10:48 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:01 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:19 AM
  • Sunrise 6:27 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:27 AM–7:01 AM
  • Moonset 9:51 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:46 PM–8:20 PM
  • Sunset 8:20 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:20 PM–8:46 PM
  • Evening best color 8:28 PM
  • Fully dark 9:53 PM–4:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:53 PM–12:03 AM
  • Moonrise 12:00 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

Milky Way Visible 8:21 PM to 10:01 PM with no moon, 23° above the south-southwestern horizon - 6 nights 8 Oct to 13 Oct
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:21 PM Draconids A few an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:33 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, N to NNE, 10 deg up
Fri 9 Oct 2026 6:32 AM Hurricane Isaias Outer clouds at most, passing to the west
Fri 9 Oct 2026 7:52 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:30 PM to 6:00 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 11:50 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to NE, 14 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:09 AM

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