Gibraltar

Tuesday, July 27, 2027

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Gibraltar

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Around 11 an hour

Best around 4:46 AM

Radiant climbs to
37°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
22% lost
Speed
41 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.

Stays near its best for several nights, not just one.

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 10 an hour

Best around 5:46 AM

Radiant climbs to
50°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
28% 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

7:24 AM

7:24 AM

6:55 AM Blue hour
7:24 AM Sunrise
8:01 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:31 PM

9:31 PM

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

8:54 PM Golden hour
9:31 PM Sunset
10:00 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 11:12 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
11:12 PM to 1:52 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 25° above it
Highest at
11:42 PM
Sky fully dark
11:12 PM to 5:43 AM
Sky darkness
Almost 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.

Moon

Last quarter

42% lit

1:17 AM – 3:50 PM

ENE WNW
1:17 AM Moonrise
1:39 AM 4°
8:30 AM Highest, 74°
3:28 PM 4°
3:50 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:18 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:55 AM–7:24 AM
  • Morning best color 7:09 AM
  • Sunrise 7:24 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:24 AM–8:01 AM
  • Moonset 3:50 PM
  • Evening golden hour 8:54 PM–9:31 PM
  • Sunset 9:31 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:31 PM–10:00 PM
  • Evening best color 9:47 PM
  • Fully dark 11:12 PM–5:43 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:12 PM–2:02 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

Southern Delta Aquariids Around 12 an hour
Wed 28 Jul 2027 4:30 AM Milky Way Visible 11:10 PM to 3:10 AM with no moon, 25° above the southern horizon - 16 nights 25 Jul to 9 Aug
Thu 29 Jul 2027 11:10 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:48 AM New moon (supermoon) Moonless and fully dark 11:10 PM to 5:50 AM Mon 2 Aug 2027 12:07 PM Perseids Around 84 an hour
Thu 12 Aug 2027 6:00 AM Full Sturgeon Moon Rises 8:47 PM in the ESE Mon 16 Aug 2027 8:47 PM 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it