Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Thursday, June 11, 2026

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA Thursday 11 June 2026

Rocket launch

HASTE | Curveball

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 4:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SW
Heading your way
When
4:00 AM
Highest around 4:09 AM
Distance
9 mi
Climbs to
86°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

5:38 AM

5:38 AM

5:07 AM Blue hour
5:38 AM Sunrise
6:17 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:23 PM

8:23 PM

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

7:44 PM Golden hour
8:23 PM Sunset
8:55 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Excellent viewing

Visible from 10:18 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
10:18 PM to 2:58 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 23° above it
Highest at
1:28 AM
Sky fully dark
10:18 PM to 3:43 AM
Sky darkness
Fair
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 crescent

17% lit

2:31 AM – 4:40 PM

ENE WNW
2:31 AM Moonrise
2:51 AM 4°
9:32 AM Highest, 68°
4:18 PM 4°
4:40 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:31 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:07 AM–5:38 AM
  • Morning best color 5:22 AM
  • Sunrise 5:38 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:38 AM–6:17 AM
  • Moonset 4:41 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:44 PM–8:23 PM
  • Sunset 8:23 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:23 PM–8:55 PM
  • Evening best color 8:40 PM
  • Fully dark 10:18 PM–3:43 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:18 PM–3:08 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Milky Way Visible 8:03 PM to 9:03 PM with no moon, 15° above the south-southwestern horizon - 3 nights 7 Oct to 9 Oct
Wed 7 Oct 2026 8:03 PM Draconids A few an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:04 PM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to E, 70 deg up
Fri 9 Oct 2026 6:30 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:00 PM to 5:30 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 11:50 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:17 AM

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