Reykjavik, Iceland

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

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Reykjavik, Iceland Wednesday 9 December 2026

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 54 an hour

Best around 3:37 AM

Radiant climbs to
58°
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

11:05 AM

11:05 AM

Sunset

3:34 PM

3:34 PM

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

Moon

New moon

0% lit

Below the horizon all day

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 9:49 AM–11:05 AM
  • Sunrise 11:05 AM
  • Sunset 3:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 3:34 PM–4:49 PM
  • Fully dark 6:57 PM–7:44 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:57 PM–7:44 AM
← Previous day Tuesday Tue, Dec 8
Next day → Thursday Thu, Dec 10

Upcoming celestial events for Reykjavik, Iceland

Geminids Around 126 an hour
Sun 13 Dec 2026 3:30 AM Winter solstice Shortest day, 4h 07m of light · sunset 3:29 PM in the SSW Mon 21 Dec 2026 8:50 PM Ursids Around 7 an hour
Mon 21 Dec 2026 9:44 AM Quadrantids Around 16 an hour
Sat 2 Jan 2027 9:44 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:20 PM to 7:50 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 8:23 PM Wolf Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 4:32 PM in the NE Fri 22 Jan 2027 4:32 PM Partial solar eclipse 5.7% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 8:59 AM

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