Barcelona, Spain

Thursday, August 13, 2026

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Barcelona, Spain Thursday 13 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 78 an hour

Best around 5:56 AM

Radiant climbs to
67°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
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.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 10:39 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
10:39 PM to 1:09 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 19° above it
Highest at
10:39 PM
Sky fully dark
10:39 PM to 5:13 AM
Sky darkness
None
Cloud
Not forecast yet

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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:58 AM

6:58 AM

6:28 AM Blue hour
6:58 AM Sunrise
7:36 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:53 PM

8:53 PM

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

8:15 PM Golden hour
8:53 PM Sunset
9:23 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

New moon

1% lit

7:37 AM – 9:21 PM

ENE W
7:37 AM Moonrise
8:00 AM 4°
2:33 PM Highest, 60°
9:00 PM 4°
9:21 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

Sunrise

6:28 AM Blue hour
6:58 AM Sunrise
7:36 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, new moon

7:37 AM Moonrise
8:00 AM 4°
2:33 PM Highest, 60°
9:00 PM 4°
9:21 PM Moonset

Sunset

8:15 PM Golden hour
8:53 PM Sunset
9:23 PM Blue hour ends
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