Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Thursday, November 23, 2028

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:03 AM

7:03 AM

6:33 AM Blue hour
7:03 AM Sunrise
7:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:50 PM

4:50 PM

Behind the hills at 4:42 PM, 8 min before sunset

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

4:10 PM Golden hour
4:50 PM Sunset
5:19 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:35 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:20 PM Dark enough
11:54 PM Moonset
12:35 AM Best
5:34 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
75°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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 second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Event

Thanksgiving

US holiday

Thanksgiving in Leesburg - sunset at 4:50 PM

Evening from 4:50 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
4:50 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
49% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
WSW, 4° up
at 4:20 PM

Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is a day of giving thanks for the harvest and the year, kept with a family meal - turkey, stuffing, cranberries and pumpkin pie. It recalls the harvest feast the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony shared with the Wampanoag in 1621.

Abraham Lincoln made it a national holiday in 1863, and since 1941 it has been the fourth Thursday.

Moon

First quarter

47% lit

12:24 PM – 11:54 PM

ESE WSW
12:24 PM Moonrise
12:45 PM 4°
6:09 PM Highest, 44°
11:33 PM 4°
11:54 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 6:33 AM–7:03 AM
  • Sunrise 7:03 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:03 AM–7:43 AM
  • Morning best color 7:12 AM
  • Moonrise 12:25 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:10 PM–4:50 PM
  • Evening best color 4:45 PM
  • Sunset 4:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:50 PM–5:19 PM
  • Fully dark 6:24 PM–5:30 AM
  • Moonset 11:55 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:04 AM–5:30 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Partial solar eclipse 42.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:43 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 61% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 61.7% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:23 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it