Gibraltar

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Gibraltar

Lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

40% of it above your horizon

Best around 5:51 PM

Moon in shadow
125%
Totality
71 min
Moon's height
-3°
Above horizon
40%
3:05 PM Penumbral begins Moon down
4:08 PM Partial begins Moon down
5:16 PM Totality begins Moon down
5:51 PM Greatest eclipse Moon down
6:27 PM Totality ends 3° up
7:35 PM Partial ends 15° up
8:38 PM Penumbral ends 27° up

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

That morning

Sunrise

8:32 AM

8:32 AM

Clears the mountains at 10:20 AM, 108 min after sunrise

8:03 AM Blue hour
8:32 AM Sunrise
9:11 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:16 PM

6:16 PM

Behind the hills at 6:09 PM, 7 min before sunset

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

5:37 PM Golden hour
6:16 PM Sunset
6:45 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Cold Moon

Blue moon - rises 6:13 PM in the ENE

6:13 PM – 9:06 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
6:13 PM Moonrise
6:35 PM 4°
1:41 AM Highest, 76°
8:44 AM 4°
9:06 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:13 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
5:48 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

  • Morning blue hour 8:03 AM–8:32 AM
  • Moonset 8:19 AM
  • Sunrise 8:32 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:32 AM–9:11 AM
  • Morning best color 8:43 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:37 PM–6:16 PM
  • Evening best color 5:59 PM
  • Moonrise 6:13 PM
  • Sunset 6:16 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:16 PM–6:45 PM
  • Fully dark 7:48 PM–7:00 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

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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