Barcelona, Spain

Tuesday, January 2, 2029

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Barcelona, Spain

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 5:48 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:03 PM Dark enough
7:49 PM Moonrise
5:48 AM Best
6:47 AM Too light
Estimate
~17/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
53°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
74% lost
Speed
41 km/s

Where they come from: Asteroid 2003 EH1

Dust from 2003 EH1, a small asteroid that is probably a burnt-out comet. Earth crosses its thin, young stream at a steep angle, which is why the peak lasts only hours.

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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

That morning

Sunrise

8:17 AM

8:17 AM

Clears the hills at 8:20 AM, 3 min after sunrise

7:46 AM Blue hour
8:17 AM Sunrise
9:01 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:33 PM

5:33 PM

Behind the hills at 5:28 PM, 5 min before sunset

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

4:49 PM Golden hour
5:33 PM Sunset
6:04 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

96% lit

7:49 PM – 10:00 AM

ENE WNW
7:49 PM Moonrise
8:12 PM 4°
2:59 AM Highest, 63°
9:38 AM 4°
10:00 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:46 AM–8:17 AM
  • Sunrise 8:17 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:17 AM–9:01 AM
  • Morning best color 8:29 AM
  • Moonset 9:28 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:49 PM–5:33 PM
  • Evening best color 5:18 PM
  • Sunset 5:33 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:33 PM–6:04 PM
  • Fully dark 7:12 PM–6:38 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:12 PM–7:52 PM
  • Moonrise 7:49 PM

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