Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Tuesday, April 24, 2029

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Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

That morning

Sunrise

5:52 AM

5:52 AM

5:29 AM Blue hour
5:52 AM Sunrise
6:23 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:48 PM

6:48 PM

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

6:17 PM Golden hour
6:48 PM Sunset
7:12 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 3:33 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:18 PM Dark enough
3:11 AM Moonset
3:33 AM Best
4:21 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
75°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
49 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1)

Dust from Comet Thatcher, which comes round about every 415 years and was last near the Sun in 1861. Chinese astronomers recorded the Lyrids in 687 BC, the oldest shower on record.

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 steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 3:33 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:18 PM Dark enough
3:11 AM Moonset
3:33 AM Best
4:21 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
19°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet on its earlier passes. Earth meets Halley's stream twice a year: in May as the Eta Aquariids and in October as the Orionids.

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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Event

Eid al-Adha

Islamic holiday

Eid al-Adha in Abu Dhabi - sunset at 6:48 PM

Evening from 6:48 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:48 PM
Sun toward WNW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
79% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
WNW, 6° up
at 6:18 PM

Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, falls on the 10th of Dhu al-Hijjah, during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. It remembers Ibrahim's (Abraham's) willingness to sacrifice his son at God's command. Families sacrifice a sheep, goat or other animal and share the meat with relatives, neighbors and the poor.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

77% lit

2:37 PM – 3:11 AM

E W
2:37 PM Moonrise
2:55 PM 4°
8:55 PM Highest, 68°
2:54 AM 4°
3:11 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:33 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:29 AM–5:52 AM
  • Sunrise 5:52 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:52 AM–6:23 AM
  • Morning best color 6:03 AM
  • Moonrise 2:37 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:17 PM–6:48 PM
  • Evening best color 6:30 PM
  • Sunset 6:48 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:48 PM–7:12 PM
  • Fully dark 8:08 PM–4:31 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:18 AM–4:31 AM

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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
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