Santorini, Greece

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Santorini, Greece

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 4:13 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:43 PM Dark enough
10:51 PM Moonrise
4:13 AM Best
5:04 AM Too light
Estimate
~39/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
55°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
51% lost
Speed
59 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Swift-Tuttle (109P/Swift-Tuttle)

Dust from Comet Swift-Tuttle, which takes 133 years to go round the Sun and was last here in 1992. At 26 km across it is the largest object known to pass this close to Earth again and again.

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.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

6:33 AM

6:33 AM

6:05 AM Blue hour
6:33 AM Sunrise
7:08 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:13 PM

8:13 PM

Behind the hills at 7:52 PM, 21 min before sunset

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

7:37 PM Golden hour
8:13 PM Sunset
8:41 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

70% lit

10:23 PM – 12:06 PM

ENE WNW
10:23 PM Moonrise
10:43 PM 4°
5:11 AM Highest, 67°
11:45 AM 4°
12:06 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:05 AM–6:33 AM
  • Sunrise 6:33 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:33 AM–7:08 AM
  • Morning best color 6:39 AM
  • Moonset 12:06 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:37 PM–8:13 PM
  • Sunset 8:13 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:13 PM–8:41 PM
  • Fully dark 9:49 PM–4:58 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:49 PM–10:59 PM
  • Moonrise 10:52 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Santorini, Greece

Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 6:51 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 12:42 AM Partial solar eclipse 85% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 93% of it above your horizon
Sat 15 Jun 2030 9:33 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 10:03 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 10:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 44.6% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 12:49 PM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 5:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 4:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 12:12 AM Total lunar eclipse 70% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 5:51 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it