Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States Tuesday 8 December 2026

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 54 an hour

Best around 2:05 AM

Radiant climbs to
86°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
35 km/s

Rates are what one person might count under a dark sky, already brought down for how high the radiant gets here and for the Moon - not the headline figure, which assumes the radiant overhead and no light at all. Cloud is the other half, and it is on the sunset tile.

The richest shower of the year, and the radiant is up most of the night.

New moon

New moon

Moonless and fully dark 6:10 PM to 5:10 AM

New at 6:50 PM Tue 8 Dec

Very LowExcellent
Moonless and fully dark
6:10 PM to 5:10 AM
Sky fully dark
11h 00m

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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:45 AM

6:45 AM

6:17 AM Blue hour
6:45 AM Sunrise
7:25 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:32 PM

4:32 PM

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

3:52 PM Golden hour
4:32 PM Sunset
5:00 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

New moon

0% lit

6:39 AM – 4:02 PM

SE SW
6:39 AM Moonrise
7:04 AM 4°
11:20 AM Highest, 27°
3:37 PM 4°
4:02 PM Moonset

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

This day at a glance

Sunrise

6:17 AM Blue hour
6:45 AM Sunrise
7:25 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, new moon

6:39 AM Moonrise
7:04 AM 4°
11:20 AM Highest, 27°
3:37 PM 4°
4:02 PM Moonset

Sunset

3:52 PM Golden hour
4:32 PM Sunset
5:00 PM Blue hour ends
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