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- Certified dark sky place
London, England, United Kingdom
Wednesday, December 9, 2026
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Meteor shower
Geminids
Active, around 60 an hour
Best around 2:09 AM
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.
That morning
Sunrise
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
Sunset
3:51 PM
3:51 PM
Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.
Moon
New moon
0% lit
8:52 AM – 3:35 PM
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
Moon, new moon
Sunset
Upcoming celestial events for London, England, United Kingdom
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