Orlando, Florida, USA

Sunday, September 13, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA Sunday 13 September 2026 High 91°F, low 74°F.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 11-13

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 2:49 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
2:49 PM
Highest around 2:58 PM
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.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 9:02 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:02 PM to 11:42 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 29° above it
Highest at
9:02 PM
Sky fully dark
8:52 PM to 5:50 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.

That morning

Sunrise

Good

7:11 AM

Very LowExcellent

Rated Excellent by the people who watched it.

6:47 AM Blue hour
6:57 AM Best color
7:11 AM Sunrise
7:42 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 8 well-rated past sunrises here.

Sunset

Good

7:34 PM

Very LowExcellent

Rated Good by the people who watched it.

7:03 PM Golden hour
7:34 PM Sunset
7:42 PM Best color
7:57 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 13 well-rated past sunsets here.

Moon

Waxing crescent

7% lit

9:32 AM – 8:53 PM

ESE WSW
9:32 AM Moonrise
9:51 AM 4°
3:13 PM Highest, 48°
8:35 PM 4°
8:53 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning
78°F
Clear sky 3% clouds · no rain
Afternoon
85°F
Overcast 100% clouds · no rain
Evening
82°F
Overcast 84% clouds · no rain

Sunrise

6:47 AM Blue hour
6:57 AM Best color
7:11 AM Sunrise
7:42 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, waxing crescent

9:32 AM Moonrise
9:51 AM 4°
3:13 PM Highest, 48°
8:35 PM 4°
8:53 PM Moonset

Sunset

7:03 PM Golden hour
7:34 PM Sunset
7:42 PM Best color
7:57 PM Blue hour ends
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