Valletta, Malta

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Valletta, Malta
High 83°F, low 72°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

Around 7 an hour

Best around 8:06 PM

The night8:06 PM – 5:33 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

Fair

7:02 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
57%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
85%
Wind
3 mph
6:36 AM Blue hour
7:02 AM Sunrise
7:29 AM Best color
7:36 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 3 well-rated past sunrises here.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Modest pass, NNW to ENE

Rose 5:45 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNW
Rising, then up to N
When
5:45 AM
until 5:48 AM
Visible for
3m 40s
Highest
28° N
Ends
Sets ENE

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

Sunset

Excellent

6:35 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
36%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
84%
Wind
2 mph
6:01 PM Golden hour
6:27 PM Best color
6:35 PM Sunset
7:01 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 43 camera photos of past sunsets here.

Moon

Waning crescent

6% lit

4:36 AM – 5:20 PM

E W
4:36 AM Moonrise
4:56 AM 4°
11:00 AM Highest, 58°
5:00 PM 4°
5:20 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 77°F Partly cloudy
57% dry 85% 3 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 83°F Partly cloudy
42% dry 71% 7 mph
Evening 7 PM 78°F Mainly clear
36% dry 84% 2 mph
Late Night 11 PM 74°F Mainly clear
20% dry 94% 3 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:37 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:36 AM–7:02 AM
  • Sunrise 7:02 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:02 AM–7:36 AM
  • Morning best color 7:29 AM
  • Moonset 5:20 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:01 PM–6:35 PM
  • Evening best color 6:27 PM
  • Sunset 6:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:35 PM–7:01 PM
  • Fully dark 8:01 PM–5:38 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:01 PM–5:38 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Valletta, Malta

Orionids Active, around 8 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:54 PM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:50 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 4:32 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 4:32 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:33 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:27 PM Partial solar eclipse 97% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 11:18 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 25.7% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:21 PM Total lunar eclipse 79% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 5:51 PM Total lunar eclipse 64% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 5:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 11:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 87.4% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 6:54 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 98% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 30.9% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 11:27 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 89% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 4:51 AM

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