Uluru, Australia

Friday, May 8, 2026

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Uluru, Australia

That morning

Sunrise

7:11 AM

7:11 AM

6:47 AM Blue hour
7:11 AM Sunrise
7:44 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:12 PM

6:12 PM

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

5:40 PM Golden hour
6:12 PM Sunset
6:36 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 4:42 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:42 PM Dark enough
11:21 PM Moonrise
4:42 AM Best
5:42 AM Too light
Estimate
~9/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
34°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
48% 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.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Fair viewing

Visible from 9:01 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:01 PM to 11:11 PM
Where to look
East-southeastern horizon, up to 34° above it
Highest at
11:11 PM
Sky fully dark
7:31 PM to 5:53 AM
Sky darkness
Very good
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 gibbous

67% lit

10:25 PM – 12:31 PM

ESE WSW
10:25 PM Moonrise
10:45 PM 4°
5:30 AM Highest, 89°
12:11 PM 4°
12:31 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:47 AM–7:11 AM
  • Morning best color 7:00 AM
  • Sunrise 7:11 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:11 AM–7:44 AM
  • Moonset 12:31 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:40 PM–6:12 PM
  • Sunset 6:12 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:12 PM–6:36 PM
  • Evening best color 6:30 PM
  • Fully dark 7:31 PM–5:53 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:31 PM–11:21 PM
  • Moonrise 11:21 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Uluru, Australia

Orionids Active, around 6 an hour
Fri 23 Oct 2026 8:25 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NNW to ESE, 32 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:01 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 7:10 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:10 PM Halloween Halloween night in Uluru - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Milky Way Visible 8:22 PM to 10:12 PM with no moon, 30° above the west-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 1 Nov to 10 Nov
Sun 1 Nov 2026 8:22 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 8:33 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 3:50 AM Partial solar eclipse 86.1% of the Sun covered
Sat 22 Jul 2028 12:48 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 2:21 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 4:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 73.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 25 Nov 2030 5:57 PM Partial solar eclipse 20.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 21 May 2031 6:05 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 12:43 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 4:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 4:42 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Sat 8 Oct 2033 8:25 PM Partial solar eclipse 33.8% of the Sun covered
Fri 9 Mar 2035 6:44 AM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 13 Jul 2037 11:47 AM Partial solar eclipse 86.1% of the Sun covered
Sun 26 Dec 2038 9:13 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it