Gibraltar

Monday, August 16, 2027

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Gibraltar

That morning

Sunrise

7:40 AM

7:40 AM

7:13 AM Blue hour
7:40 AM Sunrise
8:15 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:11 PM

9:11 PM

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

8:36 PM Golden hour
9:11 PM Sunset
9:38 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 34 an hour

Best around 5:56 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
61°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
39% 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.

Full moon

Full Sturgeon Moon

Rises 8:47 PM in the ESE

8:47 PM – 7:42 AM

Named for the lake sturgeon most easily caught in the Great Lakes in late summer.

ESE WSW
8:47 PM Moonrise
9:08 PM 4°
2:14 AM Highest, 40°
7:21 AM 4°
7:42 AM Moonset

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

Rises
8:47 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
9:32 AM
Distance
251,446 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 6:43 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:13 AM–7:40 AM
  • Morning best color 7:25 AM
  • Sunrise 7:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:40 AM–8:15 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:36 PM–9:11 PM
  • Moonrise 8:48 PM
  • Sunset 9:11 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:11 PM–9:38 PM
  • Evening best color 9:26 PM
  • Fully dark 10:45 PM–6:07 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

Milky Way Visible 10:31 PM to 1:21 AM with no moon, 24° above the southern horizon - 14 nights 23 Aug to 5 Sep
Wed 25 Aug 2027 10:31 PM Black Moon (supermoon) Moonless and fully dark 10:30 PM to 6:20 AM Tue 31 Aug 2027 7:39 PM Full Harvest Moon Rises 8:05 PM in the E Wed 15 Sep 2027 8:05 PM Milky Way Visible 9:45 PM to 11:35 PM with no moon, 20° above the south-southwestern horizon - 11 nights 22 Sep to 2 Oct
Wed 22 Sep 2027 9:45 PM Autumn equinox Sunset due west, 8:17 PM Thu 23 Sep 2027 8:01 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 9:40 PM to 6:40 AM Wed 29 Sep 2027 4:33 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it