Barcelona, Spain

Friday, December 22, 2023

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Barcelona, Spain

Meteor shower

Ursids

Best around 5:55 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:55 PM Dark enough
4:34 AM Moonset
5:55 AM Best
6:44 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
50°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
33 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Tuttle (8P/Tuttle)

Dust from Comet Tuttle, which comes round every 13.6 years. A quiet shower most years, around the winter solstice, with now and then a burst of much higher rates.

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.

From most of the Northern Hemisphere it never sets, so you can watch it all night.

Equinox or solstice

Winter solstice

The moment itself, 4:27 AM

Sunrise
8:14 AM, ESE (122°)
Sunset
5:25 PM, WSW (238°)
Daylight
9h 11m

That morning

Sunrise

8:14 AM

8:14 AM

Clears the hills at 8:17 AM, 3 min after sunrise

7:42 AM Blue hour
8:14 AM Sunrise
8:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:25 PM

5:25 PM

Behind the hills at 5:21 PM, 4 min before sunset

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

4:40 PM Golden hour
5:25 PM Sunset
5:56 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

78% lit

2:07 PM – 4:34 AM

ENE WNW
2:07 PM Moonrise
2:29 PM 4°
9:16 PM Highest, 65°
4:10 AM 4°
4:34 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:42 AM–8:14 AM
  • Sunrise 8:14 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:14 AM–8:58 AM
  • Morning best color 8:25 AM
  • Moonrise 2:08 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:40 PM–5:25 PM
  • Evening best color 5:10 PM
  • Sunset 5:25 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:25 PM–5:56 PM
  • Fully dark 7:05 PM–6:34 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:35 AM–6:34 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Barcelona, Spain

International Space Station Bright pass, SW to ENE, 54 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:31 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 7:03 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 7:03 PM International Space Station Bright pass, W to NNW, 35 deg up
Sat 14 Nov 2026 7:20 PM Leonids Around 7 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 7:01 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 4:56 PM in the NE Tue 24 Nov 2026 4:56 PM Partial solar eclipse 81.6% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:58 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 82.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:56 PM Total lunar eclipse 62% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 5:51 PM Total lunar eclipse 80% 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 66.2% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:05 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 72% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 8.6% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 11:10 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 44.8% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:22 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it