Luxor, Egypt

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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Luxor, Egypt Wednesday 6 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 11 an hour

Best around 5:10 AM

Radiant climbs to
37°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
56% 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

6:09 AM

6:09 AM

5:44 AM Blue hour
6:09 AM Sunrise
6:40 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:22 PM

7:22 PM

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

6:51 PM Golden hour
7:22 PM Sunset
7:47 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

81% lit

11:44 PM – 10:13 AM

ESE WSW
11:44 PM Moonrise
12:05 AM 4°
4:58 AM Highest, 38°
9:52 AM 4°
10:13 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 5:44 AM–6:09 AM
  • Morning best color 5:54 AM
  • Sunrise 6:09 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:09 AM–6:40 AM
  • Moonset 9:18 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:51 PM–7:22 PM
  • Sunset 7:22 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:22 PM–7:47 PM
  • Evening best color 7:38 PM
  • Fully dark 8:46 PM–4:44 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:46 PM–11:46 PM
  • Moonrise 11:45 PM
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Upcoming celestial events for Luxor, Egypt

New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 5:20 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 6:50 PM Milky Way Visible 7:43 PM to 9:33 PM with no moon, 25° above the southwestern horizon - 4 nights 10 Oct to 13 Oct
Sat 10 Oct 2026 7:43 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SSE to E, 15 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 5:45 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to ENE, 18 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 6:06 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:17 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 5:32 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:32 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 2 Aug 2027 1:05 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 9:20 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 6:51 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 12:42 AM Partial solar eclipse 50.1% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:40 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 9:33 PM Partial solar eclipse 2.4% of the Sun covered
Wed 21 May 2031 9:04 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 10:03 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 91.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 12:55 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 4:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 12:12 AM Total lunar eclipse 64% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 5:51 AM

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