Luxor, Egypt

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

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Luxor, Egypt Wednesday 29 July 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 12 an hour

Best around 5:25 AM

Radiant climbs to
51°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
33% lost
Speed
59 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.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

6:14 AM

6:14 AM

5:49 AM Blue hour
6:14 AM Sunrise
6:46 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:37 PM

7:37 PM

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

7:05 PM Golden hour
7:37 PM Sunset
8:02 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Buck Moon

Rises 7:43 PM in the ESE

7:43 PM – 6:45 AM

ESE WSW
7:43 PM Moonrise
8:02 PM 4°
1:14 AM Highest, 45°
6:26 AM 4°
6:45 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:43 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
5:37 PM
Distance
248,095 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:49 AM–6:14 AM
  • Moonset 5:49 AM
  • Morning best color 5:57 AM
  • Sunrise 6:14 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:14 AM–6:46 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:05 PM–7:37 PM
  • Sunset 7:37 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:37 PM–8:02 PM
  • Moonrise 7:43 PM
  • Evening best color 7:53 PM
  • Fully dark 9:02 PM–4:49 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Luxor, Egypt

Milky Way Visible 7:46 PM to 9:46 PM with no moon, 26° above the south-southwestern horizon - 7 nights 7 Oct to 13 Oct
Wed 7 Oct 2026 7:46 PM Draconids Around 7 an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 7:59 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 5:20 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 6:50 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 Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 2 Aug 2027 1:05 PM

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