Gibraltar

Friday, December 8, 2023

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Gibraltar

That morning

Sunrise

8:19 AM

8:19 AM

Clears the mountains at 10:07 AM, 108 min after sunrise

7:51 AM Blue hour
8:19 AM Sunrise
8:59 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:06 PM

6:06 PM

Behind the hills at 5:59 PM, 7 min before sunset

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

5:27 PM Golden hour
6:06 PM Sunset
6:35 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Geminids

Best around 3:21 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:36 PM Dark enough
3:21 AM Best
4:38 AM Moonrise
6:50 AM Too light
Estimate
~48/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
87°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
35 km/s

Where they come from: Asteroid 3200 Phaethon

One of only two major showers from an asteroid, not a comet: 3200 Phaethon, a 'rock comet' that sheds dust when it passes close to the Sun. Its dust is denser than most, which is why Geminids are bright and slow.

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 strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

Event

First day of Hanukkah

First day of Hanukkah in Gibraltar - sunset at 6:06 PM

Evening from 6:06 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:06 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
19% lit
Rises 4:46 AM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
WSW, 4° up
at 5:36 PM

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, lasts eight days from the 25th of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar - in late November or December. It remembers the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after the Maccabees' revolt in the second century BCE, when, the story goes, one day's oil kept the menorah burning for eight.

Like every Jewish day, it begins at sundown: the first candle is lit on the evening before the first day, and one more each night after, lit from the shammash, the helper candle set apart from the rest.

Moon

Waning crescent

21% lit

3:37 AM – 3:11 PM

E WSW
3:37 AM Moonrise
3:58 AM 4°
9:25 AM Highest, 46°
2:51 PM 4°
3:11 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 3:38 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:51 AM–8:19 AM
  • Sunrise 8:19 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:19 AM–8:59 AM
  • Morning best color 8:30 AM
  • Moonset 3:11 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:27 PM–6:06 PM
  • Evening best color 5:48 PM
  • Sunset 6:06 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:06 PM–6:35 PM
  • Fully dark 7:38 PM–6:48 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:38 PM–4:38 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

International Space Station Brilliant pass, SW to NE, 78 deg up
Thu 12 Nov 2026 7:16 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 7:45 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 7:45 PM International Space Station Modest pass, WNW to NNW, 18 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 8:07 PM Leonids Around 8 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 7:43 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 5:46 PM in the ENE Tue 24 Nov 2026 5:46 PM Partial solar eclipse 2% of the Sun covered
Sat 6 Feb 2027 6:52 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:48 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 82.7% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:56 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 5:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 11:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 69.1% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:04 AM Total lunar eclipse 95% of it above your horizon
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 60% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 10.8% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 10:50 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 Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 4:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 31% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:31 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it