Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

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Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 3:28 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:28 PM Dark enough
9:04 PM Moonrise
3:28 AM Best
4:26 AM Too light
Estimate
~22/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
46°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
67% lost
Speed
59 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 most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

5:55 AM

5:55 AM

5:32 AM Blue hour
5:55 AM Sunrise
6:27 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:58 PM

6:58 PM

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

6:27 PM Golden hour
6:58 PM Sunset
7:22 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

89% lit

9:04 PM – 9:44 AM

E W
9:04 PM Moonrise
9:21 PM 4°
3:22 AM Highest, 70°
9:26 AM 4°
9:44 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 5:32 AM–5:55 AM
  • Morning best color 5:41 AM
  • Sunrise 5:55 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:55 AM–6:27 AM
  • Moonset 8:43 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:27 PM–6:58 PM
  • Sunset 6:58 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:58 PM–7:22 PM
  • Evening best color 7:14 PM
  • Fully dark 8:19 PM–4:35 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:19 PM–9:09 PM
  • Moonrise 9:04 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

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Thu 5 Nov 2026 7:10 PM Partial solar eclipse 56.6% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 2:44 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 10:20 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 8:51 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 2:42 AM Partial solar eclipse 20.5% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 8:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 10:33 PM Partial solar eclipse 25.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 21 May 2031 10:40 AM Total lunar eclipse 63% of it above your horizon
Sun 25 Apr 2032 7:13 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 11:03 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 11:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 79.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 3:35 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 2:12 AM Partial solar eclipse 14.4% of the Sun covered
Tue 30 Apr 2041 5:31 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it