Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Sunday, December 21, 2025

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Meteor shower

Ursids

Around 5 an hour

Best around 5:21 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, 9:03 AM

Sunrise
6:54 AM, ESE (120°)
Sunset
4:36 PM, WSW (241°)
Daylight
9h 42m

That morning

Sunrise

6:54 AM

6:54 AM

6:25 AM Blue hour
6:54 AM Sunrise
7:34 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:36 PM

4:36 PM

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

3:56 PM Golden hour
4:36 PM Sunset
5:04 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

3% lit

8:27 AM – 5:59 PM

SE SW
8:27 AM Moonrise
8:51 AM 4°
1:13 PM Highest, 28°
5:34 PM 4°
5:59 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 6:25 AM–6:54 AM
  • Morning best color 6:52 AM
  • Sunrise 6:54 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:54 AM–7:34 AM
  • Moonrise 8:27 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:56 PM–4:36 PM
  • Evening best color 4:29 PM
  • Sunset 4:36 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:36 PM–5:04 PM
  • Moonset 5:59 PM
  • Fully dark 6:08 PM–5:22 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:08 PM–5:22 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 Fair, space jellyfish ESE
Mon 19 Oct 2026 5:30 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:04 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:26 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:26 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:18 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:20 PM to 4:40 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 1:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 12:12 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 10:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 4.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 8:22 AM Partial solar eclipse 48.3% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 11:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 10:22 PM Total lunar eclipse 53% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 4:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 9.9% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 4:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 1:19 PM Total lunar eclipse 80% 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 Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 9:51 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it