Gibraltar

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Gibraltar
High 77°F, low 63°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

Around 6 an hour

Best around 9:25 PM

The night9:25 PM – 6:53 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
56°
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

Good

8:22 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
100%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
95%
Wind
2 mph
7:56 AM Blue hour
8:07 AM Best color
8:22 AM Sunrise
8:56 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 21 past sunrises rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Bright pass, NW to ENE

Rose 7:17 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NW
Rising, then up to N
When
7:17 AM
until 7:21 AM
Visible for
4m 20s
Highest
30° N
Ends
Sets ENE

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Sunset

Good

7:55 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
25%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
64%
Wind
3 mph
7:20 PM Golden hour
7:55 PM Sunset
8:10 PM Best color
8:20 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 19 past sunsets rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Moon

Waning crescent

6% lit

5:59 AM – 6:41 PM

E W
5:59 AM Moonrise
6:19 AM 4°
12:22 PM Highest, 57°
6:21 PM 4°
6:41 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 63°F Fog
100% dry 95% 2 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 77°F Overcast
96% dry 57% 2 mph
Evening 7 PM 74°F Mainly clear
25% dry 64% 3 mph
Late Night 11 PM 68°F Mainly clear
18% dry 93% 3 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 6:00 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:56 AM–8:22 AM
  • Morning best color 8:07 AM
  • Sunrise 8:22 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:22 AM–8:56 AM
  • Moonset 6:41 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:20 PM–7:55 PM
  • Sunset 7:55 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:55 PM–8:20 PM
  • Evening best color 8:10 PM
  • Fully dark 9:20 PM–6:57 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:20 PM–6:57 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

Orionids Active, around 8 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 9:13 PM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 9:09 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:53 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:53 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:52 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 6:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 7:46 PM Partial solar eclipse 2% of the Sun covered
Sat 6 Feb 2027 6:52 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:48 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 82.7% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:56 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 5:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 11:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 69.1% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:04 AM Total lunar eclipse 95% of it above your horizon
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 60% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 10.8% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 10:50 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 4:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 31% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:31 PM

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