Uluru, Australia

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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Uluru, Australia Wednesday 22 April 2026

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Around 8 an hour

Best around 4:54 AM

Radiant climbs to
31°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
49 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

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

That morning

Sunrise

7:04 AM

7:04 AM

6:40 AM Blue hour
7:04 AM Sunrise
7:35 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:24 PM

6:24 PM

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

5:53 PM Golden hour
6:24 PM Sunset
6:48 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Excellent viewing

Visible from 10:41 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
10:41 PM to 5:47 AM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 86° above it
Highest at
4:31 AM
Sky fully dark
7:41 PM to 5:47 AM
Sky darkness
Very good
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waxing crescent

28% lit

12:09 PM – 10:41 PM

ENE WNW
12:09 PM Moonrise
12:31 PM 4°
5:25 PM Highest, 37°
10:19 PM 4°
10:41 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:40 AM–7:04 AM
  • Morning best color 6:49 AM
  • Sunrise 7:04 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:04 AM–7:35 AM
  • Moonrise 12:10 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:53 PM–6:24 PM
  • Sunset 6:24 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:24 PM–6:48 PM
  • Evening best color 6:40 PM
  • Fully dark 7:41 PM–5:47 AM
  • Moonset 10:41 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:41 PM–5:47 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Uluru, Australia

New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:10 PM to 4:50 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 1:20 AM International Space Station Modest pass, W to SSE, 23 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 7:16 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, W to NW, 19 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 8:34 PM Milky Way Visible 8:28 PM to 11:28 PM with no moon, 46° above the west-southwestern horizon - 3 nights 11 Oct to 13 Oct
Mon 12 Oct 2026 8:28 PM Orionids Around 13 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 4:24 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 7:10 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:10 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 3:50 AM Partial solar eclipse 86.1% of the Sun covered
Sat 22 Jul 2028 12:48 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 2:21 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 4:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 73.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 25 Nov 2030 5:57 PM Partial solar eclipse 20.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 21 May 2031 6:05 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 12:43 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 4:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 4:42 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Sat 8 Oct 2033 8:25 PM Partial solar eclipse 33.8% of the Sun covered
Fri 9 Mar 2035 6:44 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it