Uluru, Australia

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

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Uluru, Australia

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 45 an hour

Best around 2:32 AM

Radiant climbs to
32°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
No interference
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

5:50 AM

5:50 AM

5:24 AM Blue hour
5:50 AM Sunrise
6:23 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:32 PM

7:32 PM

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

6:59 PM Golden hour
7:32 PM Sunset
7:58 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

14% lit

2:44 AM – 4:22 PM

ESE WSW
2:44 AM Moonrise
3:03 AM 4°
9:31 AM Highest, 84°
4:03 PM 4°
4:22 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:45 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:24 AM–5:50 AM
  • Morning best color 5:35 AM
  • Sunrise 5:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:50 AM–6:23 AM
  • Moonset 4:22 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:59 PM–7:32 PM
  • Sunset 7:32 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:32 PM–7:58 PM
  • Evening best color 7:48 PM
  • Fully dark 9:02 PM–4:20 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:02 PM–3:22 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Uluru, Australia

Orionids Around 13 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 4:24 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 7:10 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 7:10 PM Milky Way Visible 8:22 PM to 10:12 PM with no moon, 30° above the west-southwestern horizon - 10 nights 1 Nov to 10 Nov
Sun 1 Nov 2026 8:22 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 1:18 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:40 PM to 4:20 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 4:31 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 1:08 AM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 3:50 AM Partial solar eclipse 86.1% of the Sun covered
Sat 22 Jul 2028 12:48 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 2:21 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 4:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 73.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 25 Nov 2030 5:57 PM Partial solar eclipse 20.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 21 May 2031 6:05 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 12:43 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 4:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 4:42 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Sat 8 Oct 2033 8:25 PM Partial solar eclipse 33.8% of the Sun covered
Fri 9 Mar 2035 6:44 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it