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- Certified dark sky place
Tampa, Florida, United States
Saturday, August 15, 2026
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Meteor shower
Perseids
Active, around 56 an hour
Best around 6:11 AM
Rates are what one person might count under a dark sky, already brought down for how high the radiant gets here and for the Moon - not the headline figure, which assumes the radiant overhead and no light at all. Cloud is the other half, and it is on the sunset tile.
The reliable one, and warm enough to sit out for in the north.
Rocket launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 8)
Launched - fair from here
Lifted off 9:12 PM
A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.
Milky Way
Milky Way
Washed out by city light
Visible from 10:02 PM
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.
That morning
Sunrise
7:00 AM
7:00 AM
Sunset
8:08 PM
8:08 PM
Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.
Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 7 well-rated past sunsets here.
Moon
Waxing crescent
11% lit
9:54 AM – 9:58 PM
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
This day at a glance
Sunrise
Moon, waxing crescent
Sunset
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