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- Certified dark sky place
Reykjavik, Iceland
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
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Meteor shower
Geminids
Active, around 44 an hour
Best around 3:38 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
11:03 AM
11:03 AM
Sunset
3:35 PM
3:35 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 7:00 PM to 7:40 AM
New at 12:50 AM Wed 9 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
Below the horizon all day
Upcoming celestial events for Reykjavik, Iceland
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