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Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
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Meteor shower
Perseids
Active, around 28 an hour
Best around 5:20 AM
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
Sunset
8:17 PM
8:17 PM
Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.
Milky Way
Milky Way
Washed out by city light
Visible from 10:01 PM
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
Last quarter
55% lit
11:08 PM – 1:35 PM
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA
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