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Barcelona, Spain
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Meteor shower
Draconids
Around 7 an hour
Best around 8:52 PM
The night8:52 PM – 6:26 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.
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
Good
7:55 AM
Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 10 camera photos of past sunrises at Sitges — Platja de la Ribera, Spain, 35 km away.
Satellite
Tiangong space station
Modest pass, E to E
Rose 5:45 AM
Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.
Satellite
Tiangong space station
Brilliant pass, W to ESE
Rose 7:17 AM
Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.
Sunset
Very Low
7:21 PM
Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 10 camera photos of past sunsets at Sitges — Platja de la Ribera, Spain, 35 km away.
Moon
Waning crescent
6% lit
5:25 AM – 6:11 PM
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
How this day turned out
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