Gibraltar

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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Gibraltar Wednesday 6 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 12 an hour

Best around 6:30 AM

Radiant climbs to
30°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
42% lost
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

7:23 AM

7:23 AM

6:55 AM Blue hour
7:23 AM Sunrise
7:59 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:12 PM

9:12 PM

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

8:36 PM Golden hour
9:12 PM Sunset
9:40 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

81% lit

1:52 AM – 11:21 AM

SE SW
1:52 AM Moonrise
2:16 AM 4°
6:37 AM Highest, 28°
10:57 AM 4°
11:21 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:07 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:55 AM–7:23 AM
  • Morning best color 7:06 AM
  • Sunrise 7:23 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:23 AM–7:59 AM
  • Moonset 10:23 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:36 PM–9:12 PM
  • Sunset 9:12 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:12 PM–9:40 PM
  • Evening best color 9:28 PM
  • Fully dark 10:50 PM–5:44 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:50 PM–2:00 AM
← Previous day Tuesday Tue, May 5
Next day → Thursday Thu, May 7

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

Milky Way Visible 9:19 PM to 10:29 PM with no moon, 16° above the south-southwestern horizon - 5 nights 9 Oct to 13 Oct
Fri 9 Oct 2026 9:19 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NNW to ENE, 35 deg up
Sat 10 Oct 2026 6:57 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 9:20 PM to 6:50 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 5:50 PM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 74 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 7:33 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 6:39 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 5:53 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:53 PM Partial solar eclipse 2% of the Sun covered
Sat 6 Feb 2027 6:52 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:48 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 82.7% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:56 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 5:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 11:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 69.1% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:04 AM Total lunar eclipse 95% of it above your horizon
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 60% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 10.8% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 10:50 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 4:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 31% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:31 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it