Gibraltar

Monday, August 3, 2026

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Gibraltar Monday 3 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 15 an hour

Best around 6:28 AM

Radiant climbs to
59°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
56% lost
Speed
59 km/s

Rates are what one person might count under a dark sky, already brought down for how high the radiant gets here and for the Moon - not the headline figure, which assumes the radiant overhead and no light at all. Cloud is the other half, and it is on the sunset tile.

The reliable one, and warm enough to sit out for in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

7:30 AM

7:30 AM

7:01 AM Blue hour
7:30 AM Sunrise
8:06 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:25 PM

9:25 PM

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

8:49 PM Golden hour
9:25 PM Sunset
9:53 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

78% lit

11:25 PM – 12:12 PM

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11:25 PM Moonrise
11:45 PM 4°
5:46 AM Highest, 58°
11:52 AM 4°
12:12 PM Moonset

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

This day at a glance

Moon, waning gibbous

11:25 PM Moonrise
11:45 PM 4°
5:46 AM Highest, 58°
11:52 AM 4°
12:12 PM Moonset

Sunrise

7:01 AM Blue hour
7:30 AM Sunrise
8:06 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:49 PM Golden hour
9:25 PM Sunset
9:53 PM Blue hour ends
← Previous day Sunday Sun, Aug 2
Next day → Tuesday Tue, Aug 4

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

Milky Way Visible 9:23 PM to 10:43 PM with no moon, 17° above the south-southwestern horizon - 8 nights 6 Oct to 13 Oct
Tue 6 Oct 2026 9:23 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NNE to ENE, 31 deg up
Wed 7 Oct 2026 6:41 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NW to ENE, 30 deg up
Thu 8 Oct 2026 7:17 AM Draconids Around 6 an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 9:25 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 9:20 PM to 6:50 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 5:50 PM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 6:39 AM Partial solar eclipse 2% of the Sun covered
Sat 6 Feb 2027 6:52 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:48 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it