South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Friday, December 12, 2025

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South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Meteor shower

Geminids

Around 121 an hour

Best around 2:23 AM

The night7:08 PM – 5:37 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
84°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
8% 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. 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.

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

That morning

Sunrise

7:06 AM

7:06 AM

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

Sunset

5:38 PM

5:38 PM

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

5:04 PM Golden hour
5:38 PM Sunset
6:03 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

41% lit

12:43 AM – 1:00 PM

E W
12:43 AM Moonrise
1:00 AM 4°
6:53 AM Highest, 63°
12:42 PM 4°
1:00 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:43 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:41 AM–7:06 AM
  • Morning best color 6:51 AM
  • Sunrise 7:06 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:06 AM–7:41 AM
  • Moonset 1:00 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:04 PM–5:38 PM
  • Sunset 5:38 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:38 PM–6:03 PM
  • Evening best color 5:54 PM
  • Fully dark 7:00 PM–5:45 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:00 PM–1:40 AM

Upcoming celestial events for South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Orionids Active, around 9 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 8:29 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, SSW to SSE, 36 deg up
Mon 19 Oct 2026 8:08 PM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 8:26 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 6:24 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:24 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:14 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:10 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 1:01 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 10:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 21% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 7:47 AM Partial solar eclipse 38.5% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 10:47 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 10:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 23.3% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:26 PM Total lunar eclipse 98% of it above your horizon
Fri 7 Oct 2033 5:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 9:46 PM Total lunar eclipse 96% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 9:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 66.8% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 12:03 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it