London, England, United Kingdom

Friday, May 5, 2028

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London, England, United Kingdom

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 3:45 AM

Very LowExcellent
10:00 PM Dark enough
3:52 AM Best 3:45 AM, then too light
Estimate
~8/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
10°
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 London - sunset at 8:30 PM

Evening from 8:30 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
8:30 PM
Sun toward WNW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
88% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
WNW, 3° up
at 8:00 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

5:23 AM

5:23 AM

4:44 AM Blue hour
5:23 AM Sunrise
6:11 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:30 PM

8:30 PM

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

7:42 PM Golden hour
8:30 PM Sunset
9:09 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

85% lit

4:36 PM – 3:47 AM

ESE WSW
4:36 PM Moonrise
5:03 PM 4°
10:14 PM Highest, 32°
3:21 AM 4°
3:47 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:30 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:44 AM–5:23 AM
  • Sunrise 5:23 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:23 AM–6:11 AM
  • Morning best color 5:23 AM
  • Moonrise 4:36 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:42 PM–8:30 PM
  • Sunset 8:30 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:30 PM–9:09 PM
  • Evening best color 8:36 PM
  • Fully dark 11:09 PM–2:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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