Leesburg, Virginia, USA

Thursday, November 25, 2027

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Leesburg, Virginia, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:04 AM

7:04 AM

6:35 AM Blue hour
7:04 AM Sunrise
7:44 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:50 PM

4:50 PM

Behind the hills at 4:42 PM, 8 min before sunset

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

4:09 PM Golden hour
4:50 PM Sunset
5:19 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:35 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:20 PM Dark enough
12:35 AM Best
5:35 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
75°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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.

Event

Thanksgiving

US holiday

Thanksgiving in Leesburg - sunset at 4:50 PM

Evening from 4:50 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
4:50 PM
Sun toward WSW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
6% lit
Rises 5:40 AM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
WSW, 4° up
at 4:20 PM

Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is a day of giving thanks for the harvest and the year, kept with a family meal - turkey, stuffing, cranberries and pumpkin pie. It recalls the harvest feast the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony shared with the Wampanoag in 1621.

Abraham Lincoln made it a national holiday in 1863, and since 1941 it has been the fourth Thursday.

Moon

Waning crescent

7% lit

4:28 AM – 2:53 PM

ESE WSW
4:28 AM Moonrise
4:51 AM 4°
9:41 AM Highest, 34°
2:31 PM 4°
2:53 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:28 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:35 AM–7:04 AM
  • Sunrise 7:04 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:04 AM–7:44 AM
  • Morning best color 7:18 AM
  • Moonset 2:54 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:09 PM–4:50 PM
  • Evening best color 4:43 PM
  • Sunset 4:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:50 PM–5:19 PM
  • Fully dark 6:24 PM–5:31 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:24 PM–5:31 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Leesburg, Virginia, USA

New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 5:30 AM Sat 27 Nov 2027 10:24 PM Full Cold Moon Rises 4:42 PM in the NE Mon 13 Dec 2027 4:42 PM Geminids Around 29 an hour
Mon 13 Dec 2027 6:17 PM Winter solstice Shortest day, 9h 25m of light · sunset 4:50 PM in the WSW Tue 21 Dec 2027 9:42 PM Ursids A few an hour
Tue 21 Dec 2027 6:20 PM First day of Hanukkah First day of Hanukkah in Leesburg - sunset at 4:53 PM Sat 25 Dec 2027 4:53 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:50 AM Partial solar eclipse 42.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:43 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.7% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 2:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 61% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 61.7% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 1:23 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it