Gibraltar

Thursday, November 18, 2027

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Gibraltar

That morning

Sunrise

8:00 AM

8:00 AM

7:33 AM Blue hour
8:00 AM Sunrise
8:38 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:11 PM

6:11 PM

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

5:34 PM Golden hour
6:11 PM Sunset
6:39 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:26 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:41 PM Dark enough
10:27 PM Moonrise
1:26 AM Best
6:32 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
76°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
48% lost
Speed
29 km/s

The estimate 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 second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 12:56 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:41 PM Dark enough
10:27 PM Moonrise
12:56 AM Best
6:32 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
69°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
40% lost
Speed
27 km/s

The estimate 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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Meteor shower

Leonids

Best around 5:41 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:41 PM Dark enough
10:27 PM Moonrise
5:41 AM Best
6:32 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
61°
Under a perfect sky
15/hour
Moonlight
56% lost
Speed
71 km/s

The estimate 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.

Usually modest, but about every 33 years it has produced the biggest meteor storms on record.

Moon

Waning gibbous

78% lit

9:16 PM – 12:19 PM

ENE WNW
9:16 PM Moonrise
9:39 PM 4°
4:50 AM Highest, 78°
11:57 AM 4°
12:19 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:33 AM–8:00 AM
  • Morning best color 7:49 AM
  • Sunrise 8:00 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:00 AM–8:38 AM
  • Moonset 12:20 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:34 PM–6:11 PM
  • Sunset 6:11 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:11 PM–6:39 PM
  • Evening best color 6:29 PM
  • Fully dark 7:41 PM–6:32 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:41 PM–10:31 PM
  • Moonrise 10:28 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:40 PM to 6:40 AM Sat 27 Nov 2027 4:24 AM Full Cold Moon Rises 5:51 PM in the ENE Mon 13 Dec 2027 5:51 PM Geminids Around 29 an hour
Tue 14 Dec 2027 7:37 PM Winter solstice Shortest day, 9h 42m of light · sunset 6:10 PM in the WSW Wed 22 Dec 2027 3:42 AM Ursids A few an hour
Wed 22 Dec 2027 7:40 PM First day of Hanukkah First day of Hanukkah in Gibraltar - sunset at 6:12 PM Sat 25 Dec 2027 6:12 PM 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it