Gibraltar

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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Gibraltar

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 4:56 AM

Very LowExcellent
10:41 PM Dark enough
1:07 AM Moonrise
4:56 AM Best
5:53 AM Too light
Estimate
~6/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
11°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
42% 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

7:24 AM

7:24 AM

6:56 AM Blue hour
7:24 AM Sunrise
8:00 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:11 PM

9:11 PM

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

8:36 PM Golden hour
9:11 PM Sunset
9:39 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

88% lit

1:07 AM – 10:23 AM

SE SW
1:07 AM Moonrise
1:32 AM 4°
5:45 AM Highest, 26°
9:58 AM 4°
10:23 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:16 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:56 AM–7:24 AM
  • Morning best color 7:12 AM
  • Sunrise 7:24 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:24 AM–8:00 AM
  • Moonset 9:30 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:36 PM–9:11 PM
  • Sunset 9:11 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:11 PM–9:39 PM
  • Evening best color 9:29 PM
  • Fully dark 10:49 PM–5:45 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:49 PM–1:09 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WSW to ENE, 83 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 8:52 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:53 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:53 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, W to WNW, 26 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 8:29 PM Halloween Halloween night in Gibraltar - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 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