Luxor, Egypt

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Luxor, Egypt

That morning

Sunrise

6:49 AM

6:49 AM

Clears the hills at 6:54 AM, 5 min after sunrise

6:26 AM Blue hour
6:49 AM Sunrise
7:20 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:19 PM

6:19 PM

Behind the hills at 6:15 PM, 4 min before sunset

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

5:48 PM Golden hour
6:19 PM Sunset
6:43 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:19 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:49 PM Dark enough
4:19 AM Best
5:19 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
74°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
80% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Supermoon - rises 6:17 PM in the ENE

6:17 PM – 7:40 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

ENE WNW
6:17 PM Moonrise
6:35 PM 4°
12:55 AM Highest, 78°
7:21 AM 4°
7:40 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:17 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
2:29 PM
Distance
221,760 mi - supermoon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:26 AM–6:49 AM
  • Moonset 6:31 AM
  • Sunrise 6:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:49 AM–7:20 AM
  • Morning best color 7:00 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:48 PM–6:19 PM
  • Evening best color 6:02 PM
  • Moonrise 6:17 PM
  • Sunset 6:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:19 PM–6:43 PM
  • Fully dark 7:36 PM–5:33 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Luxor, Egypt

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 2 Nov 2026 6:37 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 2 Nov 2026 6:37 PM International Space Station Modest pass, N to ENE, 13 deg up
Tue 3 Nov 2026 4:27 AM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:36 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 4:40 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 9:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:32 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 2 Aug 2027 1:05 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 9:20 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 6:51 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 12:42 AM Partial solar eclipse 50.1% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:40 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 9:33 PM Partial solar eclipse 2.4% of the Sun covered
Wed 21 May 2031 9:04 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 10:03 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 91.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 12:55 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 4:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 12:12 AM Total lunar eclipse 64% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 5:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 14% of the Sun covered
Tue 30 Apr 2041 4:15 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it