Orlando, Florida, USA

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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Orlando, Florida, USA
High 559°F, low 542°F.

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 33 an hour

Best around 2:44 AM

Radiant climbs to
86°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
53% 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 | NROL-77

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 2:16 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Heading away from you
When
2:16 PM
Highest around 2:25 PM
Distance
49 mi
Climbs to
69°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Landing
2:24 PM
Land - Landing Zone 2, back toward E

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

That morning

Sunrise

7:06 AM

7:06 AM

6:41 AM Blue hour
7:06 AM Sunrise
7:42 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
5:55 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

72% lit

10:42 PM – 11:57 AM

ENE W
10:42 PM Moonrise
11:01 PM 4°
5:22 AM Highest, 73°
11:39 AM 4°
11:57 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 549°F Clear sky
0% dry 80% 12 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 559°F Clear sky
0% dry 68% 9 mph
Evening 7 PM 551°F Clear sky
0% dry 83% 11 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:41 AM–7:06 AM
  • Morning best color 7:02 AM
  • Sunrise 7:06 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:06 AM–7:42 AM
  • Moonset 11:25 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:53 PM–5:29 PM
  • Sunset 5:29 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:29 PM–5:55 PM
  • Evening best color 5:37 PM
  • Fully dark 6:53 PM–5:43 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:53 PM–10:43 PM
  • Moonrise 10:42 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