Orlando, Florida, USA

Friday, August 21, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA Friday 21 August 2026

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-39

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 11:14 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
11:14 AM
Highest around 11:23 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

6:58 AM

6:58 AM

6:33 AM Blue hour
6:58 AM Sunrise
7:30 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:58 PM

7:58 PM

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

7:27 PM Golden hour
7:58 PM Sunset
8:23 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

65% lit

3:35 PM – 1:40 AM

SE SW
3:35 PM Moonrise
3:57 PM 4°
8:38 PM Highest, 33°
1:18 AM 4°
1:40 AM Moonset

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

6:33 AM Blue hour
6:58 AM Sunrise
7:30 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, waxing gibbous

3:35 PM Moonrise
3:57 PM 4°
8:38 PM Highest, 33°
1:18 AM 4°
1:40 AM Moonset

Sunset

7:27 PM Golden hour
7:58 PM Sunset
8:23 PM Blue hour ends
← Previous day Thursday Thu, Aug 20
Next day → Saturday Sat, Aug 22

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

Milky Way Visible 8:26 PM to 10:26 PM with no moon, 25° above the south-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 4 Oct to 13 Oct
Sun 4 Oct 2026 8:26 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 New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:30 PM to 6:00 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 11:50 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 Good, look E
Tue 13 Oct 2026 6:33 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:50 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it