Gibraltar

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

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Gibraltar

That morning

Sunrise

7:21 AM

7:21 AM

Clears the mountains at 9:13 AM, 112 min after sunrise

6:52 AM Blue hour
7:21 AM Sunrise
7:57 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:34 PM

9:34 PM

Behind the hills at 9:27 PM, 7 min before sunset

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

8:57 PM Golden hour
9:34 PM Sunset
10:03 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 5:04 AM

Very LowExcellent
11:04 PM Dark enough
5:04 AM Best
5:26 AM Moonrise
5:51 AM Too light
Estimate
~9/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
60°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
59 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Swift-Tuttle (109P/Swift-Tuttle)

Dust from Comet Swift-Tuttle, which takes 133 years to go round the Sun and was last here in 1992. At 26 km across it is the largest object known to pass this close to Earth again and again.

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 most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Best around 4:34 AM

Very LowExcellent
11:04 PM Dark enough
4:34 AM Best
5:26 AM Moonrise
5:51 AM Too light
Estimate
~6/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
37°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
41 km/s

Where they come from: Comet 96P/Machholz

Thought to come from Comet 96P/Machholz and the family of sungrazing comets broken from it. Its meteors are mostly faint, and it is best seen from the southern half of the world.

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.

Stays near its best for several nights, not just one.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 11:17 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
11:17 PM to 3:37 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 25° above it
Highest at
12:07 AM
Sky fully dark
11:17 PM to 5:38 AM
Sky darkness
Almost none
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

7% lit

4:21 AM – 8:05 PM

ENE WNW
4:21 AM Moonrise
4:45 AM 4°
12:13 PM Highest, 82°
7:41 PM 4°
8:05 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:21 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:52 AM–7:21 AM
  • Sunrise 7:21 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:21 AM–7:57 AM
  • Morning best color 7:32 AM
  • Moonset 8:06 PM
  • Evening golden hour 8:57 PM–9:34 PM
  • Evening best color 9:16 PM
  • Sunset 9:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:34 PM–10:03 PM
  • Fully dark 11:17 PM–5:38 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:17 PM–5:27 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

International Space Station Bright pass, WNW to SE, 58 deg up
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:33 AM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 85 deg up
Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:35 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:53 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:53 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:52 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 6:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM 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