London, England, United Kingdom

Monday, April 21, 2025

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London, England, United Kingdom

That morning

Sunrise

5:51 AM

5:51 AM

5:14 AM Blue hour
5:51 AM Sunrise
6:37 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:07 PM

8:07 PM

Behind the hills at 8:02 PM, 5 min before sunset

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

7:21 PM Golden hour
8:07 PM Sunset
8:43 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 3:22 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:37 PM Dark enough
3:22 AM Best
4:19 AM Too light
Estimate
~15/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
65°
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.

Event

Easter Monday

Bank holiday

Easter Monday in London - sunset at 8:07 PM

Evening from 8:07 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
8:07 PM
Sun toward WNW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
42% lit
Rises 4:07 AM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
WNW, 4° up
at 7:37 PM

Easter Monday, the day after Easter Sunday, is a bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and a public holiday in Ireland; Scotland keeps Good Friday instead. Easter itself is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21.

Moon

Last quarter

46% lit

4:01 AM – 12:55 PM

SE SW
4:01 AM Moonrise
4:32 AM 4°
8:28 AM Highest, 20°
12:24 PM 4°
12:55 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 3:40 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:14 AM–5:51 AM
  • Sunrise 5:51 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:51 AM–6:37 AM
  • Morning best color 5:51 AM
  • Moonset 11:31 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:21 PM–8:07 PM
  • Evening best color 8:00 PM
  • Sunset 8:07 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:07 PM–8:43 PM
  • Fully dark 10:23 PM–3:32 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:23 PM–3:32 AM

Upcoming celestial events for London, England, United Kingdom

Fireworks 4 km SSW - from an aviation notice Sat 7 Nov 2026 8:30 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 7 Nov 2026 5:53 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 7 Nov 2026 5:53 PM Remembrance Sunday Remembrance Sunday in London - sunset at 4:22 PM
Sun 8 Nov 2026 4:22 PM Fireworks 4 km SSW - from an aviation notice Sun 8 Nov 2026 7:30 PM Partial solar eclipse 41.8% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:00 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 4:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 53.1% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 4:37 PM Total lunar eclipse 79% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 4:51 PM Total lunar eclipse 64% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 4:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 10:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 48% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 6:21 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 8:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 60% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 8:12 PM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 3:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 2:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 10:12 PM Total lunar eclipse 98% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 3:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 60.4% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 7:07 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it