Luxor, Egypt

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

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Luxor, Egypt Tuesday 8 December 2026

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 50 an hour

Best around 2:01 AM

Radiant climbs to
83°
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

6:23 AM

6:23 AM

5:58 AM Blue hour
6:23 AM Sunrise
6:57 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:58 PM

4:58 PM

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

4:24 PM Golden hour
4:58 PM Sunset
5:23 PM Blue hour ends

New moon

New moon

Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 5:00 AM

New at 2:50 AM Wed 9 Dec

Very LowExcellent
Moonless and fully dark
6:30 PM to 5:00 AM
Sky fully dark
10h 30m

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

5:51 AM – 4:20 PM

ESE WSW
5:51 AM Moonrise
6:12 AM 4°
11:06 AM Highest, 38°
3:59 PM 4°
4:20 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:51 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:58 AM–6:23 AM
  • Morning best color 6:07 AM
  • Sunrise 6:23 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:23 AM–6:57 AM
  • Moonset 4:20 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:24 PM–4:58 PM
  • Sunset 4:58 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:58 PM–5:23 PM
  • Evening best color 5:15 PM
  • Fully dark 6:20 PM–5:02 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:20 PM–5:02 AM
← Previous day Monday Mon, Dec 7
Next day → Wednesday Wed, Dec 9

Upcoming celestial events for Luxor, Egypt

Geminids Around 142 an hour
Sun 13 Dec 2026 1:45 AM Winter solstice Shortest day, 10h 32m of light · sunset 5:03 PM in the WSW Mon 21 Dec 2026 10:50 PM Ursids A few an hour
Mon 21 Dec 2026 4:48 AM Cold Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 4:20 PM in the ENE Wed 23 Dec 2026 4:20 PM Quadrantids Around 12 an hour
Sun 3 Jan 2027 4:56 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 10:23 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 2 Aug 2027 1:05 PM

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