Orlando, Florida, USA

Monday, December 8, 2025

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Orlando, Florida, USA
High 561°F, low 550°F.

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 22 an hour

Best around 2:44 AM

Radiant climbs to
86°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
60% lost
Speed
35 km/s

The rate at the top 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

The strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-92

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 5:26 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
5:26 PM
Highest around 5:35 PM
Distance
47 mi
Climbs to
70°
Lighting
Sky still bright
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Landing
Sea - A Shortfall of Gravitas
Too far downrange to see

The plume will be lit, but the sky behind it is still bright enough to wash it out. Twenty minutes later would be the shot.

That morning

Sunrise

7:06 AM

7:06 AM

6:40 AM Blue hour
7:06 AM Sunrise
7:41 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:29 PM

5:29 PM

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

4:53 PM Golden hour
5:29 PM Sunset
5:54 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

81% lit

9:38 PM – 11:24 AM

ENE WNW
9:38 PM Moonrise
9:58 PM 4°
4:35 AM Highest, 79°
11:05 AM 4°
11:24 AM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 557°F Clear sky
0% dry 96% 8 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 561°F Clear sky
0% dry 88% 8 mph
Evening 7 PM 555°F Clear sky
0% dry 89% 11 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:40 AM–7:06 AM
  • Morning best color 7:01 AM
  • Sunrise 7:06 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:06 AM–7:41 AM
  • Moonset 10:46 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:53 PM–5:29 PM
  • Sunset 5:29 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:29 PM–5:54 PM
  • Evening best color 5:37 PM
  • Fully dark 6:52 PM–5:43 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:52 PM–9:42 PM
  • Moonrise 9:39 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 Good, look E
Mon 19 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:50 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:16 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:16 PM Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo Good, look E
Wed 28 Oct 2026 8:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:53 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:01 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 11:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 12.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 9:18 AM Partial solar eclipse 29.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 12:26 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 11:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 56% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 29.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 5:31 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 6:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 10:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 9:11 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 10:51 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it