Valletta, Malta

Thursday, May 14, 2026

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Valletta, Malta Thursday 14 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 6 an hour

Best around 5:02 AM

Radiant climbs to
34°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
No interference
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

5:57 AM

5:57 AM

5:28 AM Blue hour
5:57 AM Sunrise
6:33 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:59 PM

7:59 PM

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

7:23 PM Golden hour
7:59 PM Sunset
8:27 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 11:39 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
11:39 PM to 4:15 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 25° above it
Highest at
3:19 AM
Sky fully dark
9:39 PM to 4:15 AM
Sky darkness
None
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

Waning crescent

8% lit

4:00 AM – 5:29 PM

E WNW
4:00 AM Moonrise
4:19 AM 4°
10:41 AM Highest, 65°
5:08 PM 4°
5:29 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:00 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:28 AM–5:57 AM
  • Sunrise 5:57 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:57 AM–6:33 AM
  • Morning best color 6:23 AM
  • Moonset 5:29 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:23 PM–7:59 PM
  • Evening best color 7:47 PM
  • Sunset 7:59 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:59 PM–8:27 PM
  • Fully dark 9:39 PM–4:15 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:39 PM–4:15 AM
← Previous day Wednesday Wed, May 13
Next day → Friday Fri, May 15

Upcoming celestial events for Valletta, Malta

Tiangong space station Bright pass, NNE to ENE, 31 deg up
Sat 10 Oct 2026 5:25 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:00 PM to 5:40 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 5:50 PM Milky Way Visible 7:58 PM to 9:08 PM with no moon, 16° above the south-southwestern horizon - 4 nights 10 Oct to 13 Oct
Sat 10 Oct 2026 7:58 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NW to E, 56 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 6:00 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:20 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 4:32 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 4:32 PM Partial solar eclipse 97% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 11:18 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 25.7% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:21 PM Total lunar eclipse 79% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 5:51 PM Total lunar eclipse 64% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 5:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 11:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 87.4% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 6:54 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 30.9% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 11:27 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 89% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 4:51 AM

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