Gibraltar

Tuesday, April 20, 2027

TODAY
Gibraltar

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Active, around 6 an hour

Best around 5:58 AM

Radiant climbs to
83°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
34% lost
Speed
49 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.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

That morning

Sunrise

7:41 AM

7:41 AM

7:15 AM Blue hour
7:41 AM Sunrise
8:16 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:58 PM

8:58 PM

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

8:24 PM Golden hour
8:58 PM Sunset
9:25 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Pink Moon

Rises 8:53 PM in the ESE

8:53 PM – 7:33 AM

ESE WSW
8:53 PM Moonrise
9:14 PM 4°
2:13 AM Highest, 37°
7:11 AM 4°
7:33 AM Moonset

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

Rises
8:53 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
12:24 AM
Distance
238,165 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 7:02 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:15 AM–7:41 AM
  • Morning best color 7:27 AM
  • Sunrise 7:41 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:41 AM–8:16 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:24 PM–8:58 PM
  • Moonrise 8:53 PM
  • Sunset 8:58 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:58 PM–9:25 PM
  • Evening best color 9:12 PM
  • Fully dark 10:31 PM–6:08 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Next day → Wednesday Wed, Apr 21

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

Lyrids Around 8 an hour
Wed 21 Apr 2027 5:59 AM Eta Aquariids Around 17 an hour
Wed 5 May 2027 5:41 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 11:00 PM to 5:40 AM Thu 6 May 2027 1:06 PM Milky Way Visible 1:22 AM to 5:42 AM with no moon, 25° above the southern horizon - 17 nights 28 Apr to 14 May
Sat 8 May 2027 1:22 AM Flower Moon Rises 9:54 PM in the ESE Thu 20 May 2027 9:54 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 11:30 PM to 5:10 AM Fri 4 Jun 2027 9:47 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:48 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 82.7% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:56 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 5:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 11:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 69.1% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:04 AM Total lunar eclipse 95% of it above your horizon
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 60% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 10.8% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 10:50 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 4:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 31% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:31 PM

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