Reykjavik, Iceland

Thursday, December 10, 2026

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Reykjavik, Iceland Thursday 10 December 2026

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 67 an hour

Best around 3:36 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

11:07 AM

11:07 AM

Sunset

3:33 PM

3:33 PM

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

Moon

Waxing crescent

2% lit

2:32 PM – 4:26 PM

2:32 PM Moonrise
3:29 PM Highest, 1°
4:26 PM Moonset

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 9:51 AM–11:07 AM
  • Sunrise 11:07 AM
  • Sunset 3:33 PM
  • Evening blue hour 3:33 PM–4:49 PM
  • Fully dark 6:56 PM–7:45 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:56 PM–7:45 AM
← Previous day Wednesday Wed, Dec 9
Next day → Friday Fri, Dec 11

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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