Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Sunday, August 2, 2026

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA Sunday 2 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 12 an hour

Best around 5:24 AM

Radiant climbs to
62°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
62% 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

6:11 AM

6:11 AM

5:42 AM Blue hour
6:11 AM Sunrise
6:49 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:21 PM

8:21 PM

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

7:43 PM Golden hour
8:21 PM Sunset
8:50 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

84% lit

10:18 PM – 11:16 AM

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10:18 PM Moonrise
10:38 PM 4°
4:44 AM Highest, 56°
10:55 AM 4°
11:16 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 5:42 AM–6:11 AM
  • Morning best color 5:55 AM
  • Sunrise 6:11 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:11 AM–6:49 AM
  • Moonset 10:11 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:43 PM–8:21 PM
  • Sunset 8:21 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:21 PM–8:50 PM
  • Evening best color 8:37 PM
  • Fully dark 10:06 PM–4:27 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:06 PM–10:26 PM
  • Moonrise 10:18 PM
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Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Milky Way Visible 8:14 PM to 9:14 PM with no moon, 14° above the south-southwestern horizon - 2 nights 6 Oct to 7 Oct
Tue 6 Oct 2026 8:14 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, ENE to ENE, 39 deg up
Wed 7 Oct 2026 5:18 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NW to E, 54 deg up
Thu 8 Oct 2026 5:54 AM Draconids A few an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 8:12 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:10 PM to 5:40 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 11:50 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:24 AM

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