Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Sunday, December 21, 2025

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Meteor shower

Ursids

A few an hour

Best around 5:14 AM

Radiant climbs to
46°
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, 7:03 AM

Sunrise
6:48 AM, ESE (120°)
Sunset
4:29 PM, WSW (241°)
Daylight
9h 42m

That morning

Sunrise

6:48 AM

6:48 AM

6:19 AM Blue hour
6:48 AM Sunrise
7:27 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:29 PM

4:29 PM

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

3:49 PM Golden hour
4:29 PM Sunset
4:58 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

3% lit

8:24 AM – 5:57 PM

SE SW
8:24 AM Moonrise
8:48 AM 4°
1:10 PM Highest, 28°
5:33 PM 4°
5:57 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 6:19 AM–6:48 AM
  • Sunrise 6:48 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:48 AM–7:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:57 AM
  • Moonrise 8:24 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:49 PM–4:29 PM
  • Evening best color 4:29 PM
  • Sunset 4:29 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:29 PM–4:58 PM
  • Moonset 5:57 PM
  • Fully dark 6:01 PM–5:16 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:01 PM–5:16 AM

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Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:11 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:10 PM to 4:40 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 11:01 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 8:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.2% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 6:44 AM Partial solar eclipse 57% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 8:29 AM Total lunar eclipse 61% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.1% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 1:43 PM Partial solar eclipse 27.1% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:29 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Total lunar eclipse 57% of it above your horizon
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Every celestial event, and where else to see it