Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Monday, August 11, 2025

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Meteor shower

Perseids

Around 25 an hour

Best around 4:40 AM

The night9:40 PM – 4:51 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
61°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
71% lost
Speed
59 km/s

The rate at the top 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 most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

6:20 AM

6:20 AM

5:51 AM Blue hour
6:20 AM Sunrise
6:57 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:10 PM

8:10 PM

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

7:33 PM Golden hour
8:10 PM Sunset
8:39 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

93% lit

9:32 PM – 9:56 AM

E W
9:32 PM Moonrise
9:53 PM 4°
3:41 AM Highest, 51°
9:35 AM 4°
9:56 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 5:51 AM–6:20 AM
  • Morning best color 6:02 AM
  • Sunrise 6:20 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:20 AM–6:57 AM
  • Moonset 8:45 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:33 PM–8:10 PM
  • Evening best color 8:10 PM
  • Sunset 8:10 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:10 PM–8:39 PM
  • Moonrise 9:33 PM
  • Fully dark 9:51 PM–4:40 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:54 PM International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to N, 11 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 6:46 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:43 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:43 PM Halloween Halloween night in Leesburg - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:36 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:50 AM Partial solar eclipse 42.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:43 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 61% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 61.7% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:23 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it