Orlando, Florida, USA

Friday, December 12, 2025

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Orlando, Florida, USA
High 563°F, low 539°F.

Meteor shower

Geminids

Around 118 an hour

Best around 2:29 AM

Radiant climbs to
86°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
9% 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.

That morning

Sunrise

7:08 AM

7:08 AM

6:43 AM Blue hour
7:08 AM Sunrise
7:44 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.

4:54 PM Golden hour
5:29 PM Sunset
5:55 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

42% lit

12:37 AM – 12:55 PM

E W
12:37 AM Moonrise
12:55 AM 4°
6:47 AM Highest, 61°
12:37 PM 4°
12:55 PM 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 550°F Clear sky
0% dry 67% 3 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 563°F Clear sky
0% dry 38% 3 mph
Evening 7 PM 549°F Clear sky
0% dry 64% 3 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:37 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:43 AM–7:08 AM
  • Morning best color 7:04 AM
  • Sunrise 7:08 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:08 AM–7:44 AM
  • Moonset 12:55 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:54 PM–5:29 PM
  • Sunset 5:29 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:29 PM–5:55 PM
  • Evening best color 5:38 PM
  • Fully dark 6:54 PM–5:45 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:54 PM–1:34 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 Fair, 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