Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Friday, May 5, 2028

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 4:22 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:37 PM Dark enough
4:35 AM Best 4:22 AM, then too light
Estimate
~13/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
18°
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 Leesburg - sunset at 8:07 PM

Evening from 8:07 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
8:07 PM
Sun toward WNW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
90% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
WNW, 5° up
at 7:37 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

6:06 AM

6:06 AM

5:37 AM Blue hour
6:06 AM Sunrise
6:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:07 PM

8:07 PM

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

7:30 PM Golden hour
8:07 PM Sunset
8:36 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

87% lit

4:51 PM – 4:19 AM

ESE WSW
4:51 PM Moonrise
5:13 PM 4°
10:36 PM Highest, 43°
3:58 AM 4°
4:19 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:50 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:37 AM–6:06 AM
  • Morning best color 5:51 AM
  • Sunrise 6:06 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:06 AM–6:43 AM
  • Moonrise 4:51 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:30 PM–8:07 PM
  • Evening best color 8:02 PM
  • Sunset 8:07 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:07 PM–8:36 PM
  • Fully dark 9:51 PM–4:21 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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