Barcelona, Spain

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

← Previous day Monday Mon, May 4
DATE
Next day → Wednesday Wed, May 6
TODAY
Barcelona, Spain

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 5:07 AM

Very LowExcellent
10:22 PM Dark enough
12:57 AM Moonrise
5:12 AM Best 5:07 AM, then too light
Estimate
~10/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
18°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
35% lost
Speed
66 km/s

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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

6:43 AM

6:43 AM

6:12 AM Blue hour
6:43 AM Sunrise
7:22 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:52 PM

8:52 PM

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

8:13 PM Golden hour
8:52 PM Sunset
9:23 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

88% lit

12:57 AM – 9:31 AM

SE SW
12:57 AM Moonrise
1:25 AM 4°
5:14 AM Highest, 21°
9:03 AM 4°
9:31 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:05 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:12 AM–6:43 AM
  • Morning best color 6:31 AM
  • Sunrise 6:43 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:43 AM–7:22 AM
  • Moonset 8:38 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:13 PM–8:52 PM
  • Evening best color 8:36 PM
  • Sunset 8:52 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:52 PM–9:23 PM
  • Fully dark 10:41 PM–4:52 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:41 PM–1:01 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Barcelona, Spain

International Space Station Modest pass, NNW to NE, 15 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 7:23 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WSW to SW, 28 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 8:54 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:14 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:14 PM Halloween Halloween night in Barcelona - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:13 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:20 PM to 5:50 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM 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