Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

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Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

Meteor shower

Draconids

A few an hour

Best around 7:17 PM

The night7:17 PM – 4:23 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
38°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 km/s

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.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

That morning

Sunrise

5:53 AM

5:53 AM

5:31 AM Blue hour
5:53 AM Sunrise
6:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:47 PM

5:47 PM

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

5:19 PM Golden hour
5:47 PM Sunset
6:08 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 6:58 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
6:58 PM to 9:28 PM
Where to look
Southwestern horizon, up to 35° above it
Highest at
6:58 PM
Sky fully dark
6:58 PM to 4:42 AM
Sky darkness
None
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 crescent

4% lit

4:03 AM – 4:28 PM

E W
4:03 AM Moonrise
4:20 AM 4°
10:17 AM Highest, 77°
4:12 PM 4°
4:28 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:03 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:31 AM–5:53 AM
  • Morning best color 5:38 AM
  • Sunrise 5:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:53 AM–6:21 AM
  • Moonset 4:29 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:19 PM–5:47 PM
  • Sunset 5:47 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:47 PM–6:08 PM
  • Evening best color 6:03 PM
  • Fully dark 6:58 PM–4:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:58 PM–4:42 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

Fuego, often active Likely by day and glowing after dark (99%), 14° up in the WSW
Sat 17 Oct 2026 12:46 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WSW to WSW, 19 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:29 PM Orionids Active, around 9 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:11 PM Orionids Around 20 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:10 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:13 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:13 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 10:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 42.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 7:38 AM Partial solar eclipse 13% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 10:46 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 9:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 63.3% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:41 PM Total lunar eclipse 80% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 4:55 AM Partial solar eclipse 20% of the Sun covered
Tue 12 Sep 2034 8:49 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 8:46 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 8:51 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it