Barcelona, Spain

Friday, December 11, 2026

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Barcelona, Spain Friday 11 December 2026

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 95 an hour

Best around 2:54 AM

Radiant climbs to
81°
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.

That morning

Sunrise

8:07 AM

8:07 AM

7:36 AM Blue hour
8:07 AM Sunrise
8:51 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:21 PM

5:21 PM

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

4:37 PM Golden hour
5:21 PM Sunset
5:53 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

5% lit

10:18 AM – 7:17 PM

SE SW
10:18 AM Moonrise
10:44 AM 4°
2:47 PM Highest, 23°
6:51 PM 4°
7:17 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

7:36 AM Blue hour
8:07 AM Sunrise
8:51 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, waxing crescent

10:18 AM Moonrise
10:44 AM 4°
2:47 PM Highest, 23°
6:51 PM 4°
7:17 PM Moonset

Sunset

4:37 PM Golden hour
5:21 PM Sunset
5:53 PM Blue hour ends
← Previous day Thursday Thu, Dec 10
Next day → Saturday Sat, Dec 12

Upcoming celestial events for Barcelona, Spain

Geminids Around 144 an hour
Sun 13 Dec 2026 2:52 AM Winter solstice Shortest day, 9h 11m of light · sunset 5:24 PM in the WSW Mon 21 Dec 2026 9:50 PM Ursids A few an hour
Mon 21 Dec 2026 6:39 AM Cold Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 4:34 PM in the NE Wed 23 Dec 2026 4:34 PM Quadrantids Around 9 an hour
Sun 3 Jan 2027 6:33 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:20 PM to 6:30 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 9:23 PM Partial solar eclipse 81.6% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:58 AM

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