London, England, United Kingdom

Friday, April 18, 2025

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London, England, United Kingdom

That morning

Sunrise

5:57 AM

5:57 AM

5:21 AM Blue hour
5:57 AM Sunrise
6:42 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:02 PM

8:02 PM

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

7:16 PM Golden hour
8:02 PM Sunset
8:38 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 3:32 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:32 PM Dark enough
2:30 AM Moonrise
3:32 AM Best
4:25 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
64°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
8% lost
Speed
49 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.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Event

Good Friday

UK holiday

Good Friday in London - sunset at 8:02 PM

Evening from 8:02 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
8:02 PM
Sun toward WNW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
72% lit
Rises 2:32 AM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
WNW, 4° up
at 7:32 PM

Good Friday, two days before Easter Sunday, marks the crucifixion of Jesus. It is a public holiday in the UK and in India; in Britain hot cross buns - spiced, with a cross on top - are its traditional food.

Easter is set by the Moon: the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21. So Good Friday moves between March 20 and April 23.

Moon

Waning gibbous

75% lit

2:30 AM – 9:00 AM

SSE SSW
2:30 AM Moonrise
3:14 AM 4°
5:44 AM Highest, 10°
8:16 AM 4°
9:00 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:36 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:21 AM–5:57 AM
  • Sunrise 5:57 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:57 AM–6:42 AM
  • Morning best color 5:57 AM
  • Moonset 8:03 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:16 PM–8:02 PM
  • Sunset 8:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:02 PM–8:38 PM
  • Evening best color 8:08 PM
  • Fully dark 10:14 PM–3:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:14 PM–2:34 AM

Upcoming celestial events for London, England, United Kingdom

International Space Station Modest pass, E to E, 22 deg up
Wed 28 Oct 2026 3:53 AM Halloween Halloween night in London - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in London - sunset at 4:34 PM Sun 1 Nov 2026 4:34 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 Bonfire Night Bonfire Night in London - sunset at 4:26 PM, then fireworks Thu 5 Nov 2026 7:00 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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