Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA Wednesday 6 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 8 an hour

Best around 4:22 AM

Radiant climbs to
19°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
35% 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

6:05 AM

6:05 AM

5:36 AM Blue hour, best color
6:05 AM Sunrise
6:43 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 5 camera photos of past sunrises at Stone Harbor, New Jersey, United States, 242 km away.

Sunset

8:07 PM

8:07 PM

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

7:30 PM Golden hour
8:07 PM Sunset
8:37 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

79% lit

1:00 AM – 10:12 AM

SE SW
1:00 AM Moonrise
1:25 AM 4°
5:36 AM Highest, 25°
9:46 AM 4°
10:12 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:17 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:36 AM–6:05 AM
  • Morning best color 5:36 AM
  • Sunrise 6:05 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:05 AM–6:43 AM
  • Moonset 9:12 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:30 PM–8:07 PM
  • Sunset 8:07 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:07 PM–8:37 PM
  • Evening best color 8:21 PM
  • Fully dark 9:51 PM–4:20 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:51 PM–1:01 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, W to ESE, 66 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:10 AM Post-Tropical Cyclone Isaias Rain bands and gusts possible, passing to the south
Mon 12 Oct 2026 2:00 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, ESE to ESE, 26 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:13 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:24 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 5:43 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:43 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:36 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

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