Portofino, Italy

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

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Portofino, Italy

That morning

Sunrise

6:34 AM

6:34 AM

Clears the hills at 6:50 AM, 16 min after sunrise

6:04 AM Blue hour
6:34 AM Sunrise
7:13 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:10 PM

8:10 PM

Behind the mountains at 7:10 PM, 60 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

7:31 PM Golden hour
8:10 PM Sunset
8:40 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 4:10 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:40 PM Dark enough
4:10 AM Best
5:03 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
72°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
49 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1)

Dust from Comet Thatcher, which comes round about every 415 years and was last near the Sun in 1861. Chinese astronomers recorded the Lyrids in 687 BC, the oldest shower on record.

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.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 2:37 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
2:37 AM to 4:45 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 16° above it
Highest at
4:37 AM
Sky fully dark
9:57 PM to 4:45 AM
Sky darkness
Poor
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

Waning crescent

4% lit

5:57 AM – 6:18 PM

E W
5:57 AM Moonrise
6:19 AM 4°
12:05 PM Highest, 46°
5:55 PM 4°
6:18 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:58 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:04 AM–6:34 AM
  • Sunrise 6:34 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:34 AM–7:13 AM
  • Morning best color 6:42 AM
  • Moonset 6:18 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:31 PM–8:10 PM
  • Evening best color 8:05 PM
  • Sunset 8:10 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:10 PM–8:40 PM
  • Fully dark 9:57 PM–4:45 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:57 PM–4:45 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Portofino, Italy

Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:28 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:28 PM International Space Station Bright pass, SSW to ENE, 38 deg up
Sat 14 Nov 2026 5:45 PM Leonids Around 7 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:25 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 4:15 PM in the NE Tue 24 Nov 2026 4:15 PM First day of Hanukkah First day of Hanukkah in Portofino - sunset at 4:44 PM Sat 5 Dec 2026 4:44 PM Partial solar eclipse 66.6% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 11:08 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 39.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 81% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 5:51 PM Total lunar eclipse 61% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 5:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 11:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 67.3% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:08 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 84% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 9.7% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 11:26 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Total lunar eclipse 91% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 4:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 52.9% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:15 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it