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Lompoc, California, USA
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
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Meteor shower
Geminids
Active, around 55 an hour
Best around 2:24 AM
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
6:56 AM
6:56 AM
Sunset
4:51 PM
4:51 PM
Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.
New moon
New moon
Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 5:20 AM
New at 4:50 PM Tue 8 Dec
The darkest nights of the month for faint things - the Milky Way, meteors, the zodiacal light. The Moon itself cannot be seen: it sits between us and the Sun, lit on its far side.
Moon
New moon
0% lit
6:54 AM – 4:26 PM
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
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