Luxor, Egypt

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Luxor, Egypt

That morning

Sunrise

6:50 AM

6:50 AM

Clears the hills at 6:55 AM, 5 min after sunrise

6:27 AM Blue hour
6:50 AM Sunrise
7:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:18 PM

6:18 PM

Behind the hills at 6:14 PM, 4 min before sunset

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

5:47 PM Golden hour
6:18 PM Sunset
6:41 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:33 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:48 PM Dark enough
4:33 AM Best
5:20 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
77°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
72% 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.

Moon

Waning gibbous

95% lit

7:45 PM – 10:01 AM

ENE WNW
7:45 PM Moonrise
8:05 PM 4°
2:50 AM Highest, 89°
9:40 AM 4°
10:01 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:27 AM–6:50 AM
  • Sunrise 6:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:50 AM–7:21 AM
  • Morning best color 7:01 AM
  • Moonset 8:51 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:47 PM–6:18 PM
  • Evening best color 6:00 PM
  • Sunset 6:18 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:18 PM–6:41 PM
  • Fully dark 7:35 PM–5:34 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:35 PM–7:45 PM
  • Moonrise 7:45 PM

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