Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

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Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 3:28 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:28 PM Dark enough
10:51 PM Moonrise
3:28 AM Best
4:26 AM Too light
Estimate
~37/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
46°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
44% lost
Speed
59 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.

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

That morning

Sunrise

5:56 AM

5:56 AM

5:32 AM Blue hour
5:56 AM Sunrise
6:27 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:58 PM

6:58 PM

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

6:27 PM Golden hour
6:58 PM Sunset
7:22 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 8:19 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:19 PM to 10:49 PM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 37° above it
Highest at
8:39 PM
Sky fully dark
8:19 PM to 4:35 AM
Sky darkness
None
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Last quarter

61% lit

10:51 PM – 12:38 PM

ENE WNW
10:51 PM Moonrise
11:09 PM 4°
5:42 AM Highest, 87°
12:19 PM 4°
12:38 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 5:32 AM–5:56 AM
  • Sunrise 5:56 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:56 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:07 AM
  • Moonset 11:43 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:27 PM–6:58 PM
  • Evening best color 6:40 PM
  • Sunset 6:58 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:58 PM–7:22 PM
  • Fully dark 8:19 PM–4:35 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:19 PM–10:59 PM
  • Moonrise 10:51 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

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Thu 20 Dec 2029 2:42 AM Partial solar eclipse 20.5% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 8:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 10:33 PM Partial solar eclipse 25.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 21 May 2031 10:40 AM Total lunar eclipse 63% of it above your horizon
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Mon 18 Oct 2032 11:03 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 11:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 79.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 3:35 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 2:12 AM Partial solar eclipse 14.4% of the Sun covered
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