Barcelona, Spain

Sunday, December 21, 2025

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Barcelona, Spain

Meteor shower

Ursids

Around 7 an hour

Best around 6:39 AM

Radiant climbs to
52°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
33 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.

From most of the Northern Hemisphere it never sets, so you can watch it all night.

Equinox or solstice

Winter solstice

The moment itself, 4:03 PM

Sunrise
8:14 AM, ESE (122°)
Sunset
5:24 PM, WSW (238°)
Daylight
9h 11m

That morning

Sunrise

8:14 AM

8:14 AM

7:42 AM Blue hour
8:14 AM Sunrise
8:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:24 PM

5:24 PM

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

4:40 PM Golden hour
5:24 PM Sunset
5:56 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

2% lit

9:40 AM – 6:28 PM

SE SW
9:40 AM Moonrise
10:08 AM 4°
2:04 PM Highest, 22°
6:01 PM 4°
6:28 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:42 AM–8:14 AM
  • Morning best color 8:03 AM
  • Sunrise 8:14 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:14 AM–8:58 AM
  • Moonrise 9:41 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:40 PM–5:24 PM
  • Evening best color 5:06 PM
  • Sunset 5:24 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:24 PM–5:56 PM
  • Moonset 6:28 PM
  • Fully dark 7:04 PM–6:34 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:04 PM–6:34 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Barcelona, Spain

Tiangong space station Modest pass, SSE to SSE, 17 deg up
Wed 14 Oct 2026 6:16 AM International Space Station Bright pass, SSW to ENE, 31 deg up
Wed 14 Oct 2026 7:10 AM Orionids Around 17 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 6:18 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:14 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:14 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 1:28 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:20 PM to 5:50 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM Partial solar eclipse 81.6% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:58 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 82.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:56 PM Total lunar eclipse 62% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 5:51 PM Total lunar eclipse 80% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 5:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 11:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 66.2% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:05 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 72% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 8.6% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 11:10 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 4:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 44.8% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:22 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it