Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Friday, May 5, 2028

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Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 3:41 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:26 PM Dark enough
3:41 AM Best
4:29 AM Too light
Estimate
~8/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
12°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
11% lost
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 Chincoteague - sunset at 7:56 PM

Evening from 7:56 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
7:56 PM
Sun toward WNW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
89% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
WNW, 5° up
at 7:26 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

6:00 AM

6:00 AM

5:31 AM Blue hour
6:00 AM Sunrise
6:36 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:56 PM

7:56 PM

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

7:19 PM Golden hour
7:56 PM Sunset
8:24 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

87% lit

4:41 PM – 4:11 AM

ESE WSW
4:41 PM Moonrise
5:02 PM 4°
10:27 PM Highest, 44°
3:51 AM 4°
4:11 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:41 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:31 AM–6:00 AM
  • Morning best color 5:44 AM
  • Sunrise 6:00 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:00 AM–6:36 AM
  • Moonrise 4:41 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:19 PM–7:56 PM
  • Evening best color 7:50 PM
  • Sunset 7:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:56 PM–8:24 PM
  • Fully dark 9:37 PM–4:17 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:17 AM–4:17 AM

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