Gibraltar

Thursday, October 17, 2024

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Gibraltar

That morning

Sunrise

8:30 AM

8:30 AM

Clears the mountains at 10:14 AM, 104 min after sunrise

8:04 AM Blue hour
8:30 AM Sunrise
9:05 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:42 PM

7:42 PM

Behind the hills at 7:28 PM, 14 min before sunset

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

7:07 PM Golden hour
7:42 PM Sunset
8:08 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 6:12 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:12 PM Dark enough
6:12 AM Best
7:01 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
68°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
75% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Supermoon - rises 7:40 PM in the ENE

7:40 PM – 9:37 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

ENE WNW
7:40 PM Moonrise
8:00 PM 4°
2:35 AM Highest, 69°
9:16 AM 4°
9:37 AM Moonset

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

Rises
7:40 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
1:29 PM
Distance
221,760 mi - supermoon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 8:04 AM–8:30 AM
  • Moonset 8:21 AM
  • Sunrise 8:30 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:30 AM–9:05 AM
  • Morning best color 8:41 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:07 PM–7:42 PM
  • Evening best color 7:24 PM
  • Moonrise 7:40 PM
  • Sunset 7:42 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:42 PM–8:08 PM
  • Fully dark 9:08 PM–7:05 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 8 Nov 2026 7:49 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 8 Nov 2026 7:49 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 6:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM International Space Station Bright pass, SSW to SSW, 30 deg up
Mon 9 Nov 2026 8:03 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to E, 28 deg up
Tue 10 Nov 2026 7:16 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 7:46 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