Astronomy
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| Sunrise: 05:40 Sunset: 20:40 Daylight: 15:00 |
Moonrise: 00:39 (23/04/2019) Moonset: 08:04 (23/04/2019) Waning Gibbous 81% Illuminated |
| First Quarter Moon | Full Moon | Last Quarter Moon | New Moon |
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12/04/2019 20:06 12 April 2019 19:06 GMT |
19/04/2019 12:12 19 April 2019 11:12 GMT |
26/04/2019 23:18 26 April 2019 22:18 GMT |
04/05/2019 23:45 04 May 2019 22:45 GMT |
| Vernal Equinox Start of Spring |
Summer Solstice Start of Summer |
Autumn Equinox Start of Fall |
Winter Solstice Start of Winter |
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20/03/2019 21:58 20 March 2019 21:58 GMT |
21/06/2019 16:54 21 June 2019 15:54 GMT |
23/09/2019 08:50 23 September 2019 07:50 GMT |
22/12/2019 04:19 22 December 2019 04:19 GMT |
| Principal Meteor Showers | |||||
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| SHOWER | BEST VIEWING | POINT OF ORIGIN | DATE OF MAXIMUM* | NO. PER HOUR | ASSOCIATED COMET |
| Quadrantid | Predawn | N | Jan. 4 | 25 | |
| Lyrid | Predawn | S | Apr. 22 | 10 | Thatcher |
| Eta Aquarid | Predawn | SE | May 4 | 10 | Halley |
| Delta Aquarid | Predawn | S | July 30 | 10 | |
| Perseid | Predawn | NE | Aug. 11 to 13 | 50 | Swift-Tuttle |
| Draconid | Late evening | NW | Oct. 9 | 6 | Giacobini-Zinner |
| Orionid | Predawn | S | Oct. 21 to 22 | 15 | Halley |
| Taurid | Late evening | S | Nov. 9 | 3 | Encke |
| Leonid | Predawn | S | Nov. 17 to 18 | 10 | Tempel-Tuttle |
| Andromedid | Late evening | S | Nov. 25 to 27 | 5 | Biela |
| Geminid | All night | NE | Dec. 13 to 14 | 75 | |
| Ursid | Predawn | N | Dec. 22 | 5 | Tuttle |
| *May vary by one or two days **Moonless, rural sky Bold = most prominent | |||||