Luxor, Egypt

Thursday, July 30, 2026

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Luxor, Egypt Thursday 30 July 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 9 an hour

Best around 5:24 AM

Radiant climbs to
51°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
54% 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

5:50 AM Blue hour
6:14 AM Sunrise
6:47 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:36 PM

7:36 PM

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

7:04 PM Golden hour
7:36 PM Sunset
8:01 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Full moon

99% lit

8:18 PM – 7:41 AM

ESE WSW
8:18 PM Moonrise
8:37 PM 4°
2:00 AM Highest, 50°
7:22 AM 4°
7:41 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 5:50 AM–6:14 AM
  • Morning best color 5:58 AM
  • Sunrise 6:14 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:14 AM–6:47 AM
  • Moonset 6:45 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:04 PM–7:36 PM
  • Sunset 7:36 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:36 PM–8:01 PM
  • Evening best color 7:53 PM
  • Moonrise 8:19 PM
  • Fully dark 9:01 PM–4:50 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 6:49 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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