Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Friday, May 5, 2028

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Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 3:23 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:23 PM Dark enough
3:23 AM Best
3:31 AM Moonset
4:13 AM Too light
Estimate
~15/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
19°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

The estimate 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Event

Eid al-Adha

Islamic holiday

Eid al-Adha in Abu Dhabi - sunset at 6:53 PM

Evening from 6:53 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:53 PM
Sun toward WNW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
87% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
WNW, 6° up
at 6:23 PM

Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, falls on the 10th of Dhu al-Hijjah, during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. It remembers Ibrahim's (Abraham's) willingness to sacrifice his son at God's command. Families sacrifice a sheep, goat or other animal and share the meat with relatives, neighbors and the poor.

That morning

Sunrise

5:44 AM

5:44 AM

5:20 AM Blue hour
5:44 AM Sunrise
6:15 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:53 PM

6:53 PM

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

6:22 PM Golden hour
6:53 PM Sunset
7:17 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

84% lit

3:30 PM – 3:31 AM

E W
3:30 PM Moonrise
3:48 PM 4°
9:31 PM Highest, 60°
3:14 AM 4°
3:31 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:54 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:20 AM–5:44 AM
  • Morning best color 5:33 AM
  • Sunrise 5:44 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:44 AM–6:15 AM
  • Moonrise 3:30 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:22 PM–6:53 PM
  • Sunset 6:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:53 PM–7:17 PM
  • Evening best color 7:11 PM
  • Fully dark 8:16 PM–4:21 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:36 AM–4:21 AM

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