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- Certified dark sky place
- Total
- >90%
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- >40%
- >30%
- >20%
- >10%
- >0%
Dashed white: centre line, times every 10 minutes with how long it lasts. Dashed grey: edge of the partial eclipse.
Dublin, Ireland
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Meteor shower
Perseids
Around 85 an hour
Best around 4:17 AM
The night10:32 PM – 4:30 AM+1
The rate at the top 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.
That morning
Sunrise
5:58 AM
5:58 AM
Sunset
9:02 PM
9:02 PM
Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.
Moon
Waning crescent
2% lit
3:38 AM – 8:42 PM
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
Upcoming celestial events for Dublin, Ireland
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