- Excellent
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- Almost none
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- Certified dark sky place
- Total
- >90%
- >80%
- >70%
- >60%
- >50%
- >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.
London, England, United Kingdom
Thursday, August 13, 2026
That morning
Sunrise
5:43 AM
5:43 AM
Sunset
8:27 PM
8:27 PM
Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.
Meteor shower
Perseids
Active, around 79 an hour
Best around 4:12 AM
The night9:57 PM – 4:14 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.
Moon
New moon
1% lit
6:26 AM – 8:45 PM
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
Upcoming celestial events for London, England, United Kingdom
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