Dublin, Ireland

Monday, October 28, 2024

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Dublin, Ireland

That morning

Sunrise

7:17 AM

7:17 AM

6:40 AM Blue hour
7:17 AM Sunrise
8:08 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:00 PM

5:00 PM

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

4:08 PM Golden hour
5:00 PM Sunset
5:36 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 1:15 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:30 PM Dark enough
1:15 AM Best
3:49 AM Moonrise
5:49 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
52°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 km/s

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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:15 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:30 PM Dark enough
3:49 AM Moonrise
4:15 AM Best
5:49 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
52°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

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.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:45 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:30 PM Dark enough
1:45 AM Best
3:49 AM Moonrise
5:49 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
59°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Event

October bank holiday

Irish bank holiday

October bank holiday in Dublin - sunset at 5:00 PM

Evening from 5:00 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:00 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
13% lit
Rises 3:50 AM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
WSW, 3° up
at 4:30 PM

Ireland's October bank holiday, the last Monday of October, began in 1977. It falls just before Halloween - Samhain, the Gaelic festival that marked the end of the harvest and the start of winter.

Moon

Waning crescent

14% lit

2:38 AM – 3:52 PM

E W
2:38 AM Moonrise
3:05 AM 4°
9:19 AM Highest, 42°
3:26 PM 4°
3:52 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:38 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:40 AM–7:17 AM
  • Sunrise 7:17 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:17 AM–8:08 AM
  • Morning best color 7:25 AM
  • Moonset 3:52 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:08 PM–5:00 PM
  • Evening best color 4:44 PM
  • Sunset 5:00 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:00 PM–5:36 PM
  • Fully dark 6:57 PM–5:21 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:57 PM–3:57 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Dublin, Ireland

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 6:27 PM Northern lights possible Kp 5 (G1) - low in the northern sky
Fri 30 Oct 2026 2:00 AM International Space Station Modest pass, SE to SE, 18 deg up
Sat 31 Oct 2026 4:43 AM Halloween Halloween night in Dublin - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Northern lights possible Kp 5 (G1) - low in the northern sky
Sat 31 Oct 2026 3:00 AM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Dublin - sunset at 4:53 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 4:53 PM Partial solar eclipse 35.7% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 9:56 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 4:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 46.8% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 4:45 PM Total lunar eclipse 71% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 4:51 PM Total lunar eclipse 70% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 4:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 10:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 41.4% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 6:26 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 8:03 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.8% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 7:55 PM Total lunar eclipse 47% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 8:12 PM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 3:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 2:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 10:12 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 3:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 59.8% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 7:04 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it