Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

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Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

Totality lasts 71 minutes

Best around 8:51 PM

Moon in shadow
125%
Totality
71 min
Moon's height
41°
6:05 PM Penumbral begins 7° up
7:08 PM Partial begins 19° up
8:16 PM Totality begins 34° up
8:51 PM Greatest eclipse 41° up
9:27 PM Totality ends 49° up
10:35 PM Partial ends 64° up
11:38 PM Penumbral ends 78° up

Safe to look at with anything, unlike a solar eclipse - the Moon is only reflecting less light.

That morning

Sunrise

7:06 AM

7:06 AM

Clears the hills at 7:09 AM, 3 min after sunrise

6:41 AM Blue hour
7:06 AM Sunrise
7:39 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:44 PM

5:44 PM

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

5:11 PM Golden hour
5:44 PM Sunset
6:09 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Cold Moon

Blue moon - rises 5:33 PM in the ENE

5:33 PM – 7:32 AM

Named for the long, cold nights at the start of winter. A blue moon too: the second full moon in one calendar month.

ENE WNW
5:33 PM Moonrise
5:52 PM 4°
12:34 AM Highest, 89°
7:12 AM 4°
7:32 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:33 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
8:48 PM
Distance
234,660 mi - blue moon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:40 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:41 AM–7:06 AM
  • Sunrise 7:06 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:06 AM–7:39 AM
  • Morning best color 7:17 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:11 PM–5:44 PM
  • Evening best color 5:27 PM
  • Moonrise 5:33 PM
  • Sunset 5:44 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:44 PM–6:09 PM
  • Fully dark 7:05 PM–5:45 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 2:42 AM Partial solar eclipse 20.5% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 8:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 10:33 PM Partial solar eclipse 25.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 21 May 2031 10:40 AM Total lunar eclipse 63% of it above your horizon
Sun 25 Apr 2032 7:13 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 11:03 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 11:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 79.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 3:35 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 2:12 AM Partial solar eclipse 14.4% of the Sun covered
Tue 30 Apr 2041 5:31 PM

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