London, England, United Kingdom

Thursday, December 26, 2024

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London, England, United Kingdom

That morning

Sunrise

8:05 AM

8:05 AM

7:25 AM Blue hour
8:05 AM Sunrise
9:07 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

3:56 PM

3:56 PM

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

2:55 PM Golden hour
3:56 PM Sunset
4:36 PM Blue hour ends

Event

First day of Hanukkah

First day of Hanukkah in London - sunset at 3:56 PM

Evening from 3:56 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
3:56 PM
Sun toward SW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
18% lit
Rises 4:56 AM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
SW, 3° up
at 3:26 PM

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, lasts eight days from the 25th of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar - in late November or December. It remembers the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after the Maccabees' revolt in the second century BCE, when, the story goes, one day's oil kept the menorah burning for eight.

Like every Jewish day, it begins at sundown: the first candle is lit on the evening before the first day, and one more each night after, lit from the shammash, the helper candle set apart from the rest.

Event

Boxing Day

UK holiday

Boxing Day in London - sunset at 3:56 PM

Evening from 3:56 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
3:56 PM
Sun toward SW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
18% lit
Rises 4:56 AM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
SW, 3° up
at 3:26 PM

Boxing Day, December 26, is a bank holiday across the UK. Its name is thought to come from Christmas boxes - gifts of money given to servants, tradespeople and the poor on the day after Christmas.

Moon

Waning crescent

19% lit

3:40 AM – 12:35 PM

SE SW
3:40 AM Moonrise
4:11 AM 4°
8:08 AM Highest, 20°
12:04 PM 4°
12:35 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 3:40 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:25 AM–8:05 AM
  • Sunrise 8:05 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:05 AM–9:07 AM
  • Morning best color 8:05 AM
  • Moonset 12:35 PM
  • Evening golden hour 2:55 PM–3:56 PM
  • Evening best color 3:50 PM
  • Sunset 3:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 3:56 PM–4:36 PM
  • Fully dark 6:00 PM–6:01 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:00 PM–5:00 AM

Upcoming celestial events for London, England, United Kingdom

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in London - sunset at 4:34 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 4:34 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, SSW to SSE, 13 deg up
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:23 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:03 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:03 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in London - sunset at 4:32 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 4:32 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 5:58 PM Partial solar eclipse 41.8% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:00 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 4:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 53.1% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 4:37 PM Total lunar eclipse 79% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 4:51 PM Total lunar eclipse 64% 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 48% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 6:21 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 8:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 60% 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 98% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 3:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 60.4% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 7:07 PM

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