Orlando, Florida, USA

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA Wednesday 17 June 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird 8-10 (Block 2 #3-5)

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 2:39 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
2:39 AM
Highest around 2:48 AM
Distance
49 mi
Climbs to
69°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:27 AM

6:27 AM

6:00 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:02 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:25 PM

8:25 PM

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

7:50 PM Golden hour
8:25 PM Sunset
8:52 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 11:19 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
11:19 PM to 4:53 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 32° above it
Highest at
1:29 AM
Sky fully dark
9:59 PM to 4:53 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

9% lit

9:03 AM – 11:13 PM

ENE WNW
9:03 AM Moonrise
9:24 AM 4°
4:11 PM Highest, 83°
10:53 PM 4°
11:13 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:00 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:19 AM
  • Sunrise 6:27 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:27 AM–7:02 AM
  • Moonrise 9:04 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:50 PM–8:25 PM
  • Sunset 8:25 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:25 PM–8:52 PM
  • Evening best color 8:33 PM
  • Fully dark 9:59 PM–4:53 AM
  • Moonset 11:13 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:19 PM–4:53 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

Milky Way Visible 8:23 PM to 10:13 PM with no moon, 24° above the south-southwestern horizon - 7 nights 7 Oct to 13 Oct
Wed 7 Oct 2026 8:23 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 Tropical Storm Isaias Outer clouds at most, passing to the west
Fri 9 Oct 2026 6:24 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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