Naples, Italy

Saturday, December 12, 2026

Pick a date
All history
TODAY
Naples, Italy Saturday 12 December 2026

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 116 an hour

Best around 2:08 AM

Radiant climbs to
82°
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

7:18 AM

7:18 AM

6:47 AM Blue hour
7:18 AM Sunrise
8:01 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:35 PM

4:35 PM

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

3:51 PM Golden hour
4:35 PM Sunset
5:06 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

10% lit

10:01 AM – 7:31 PM

SE WSW
10:01 AM Moonrise
10:26 AM 4°
2:46 PM Highest, 27°
7:06 PM 4°
7:31 PM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:47 AM–7:18 AM
  • Morning best color 7:12 AM
  • Sunrise 7:18 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:18 AM–8:01 AM
  • Moonrise 10:01 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:51 PM–4:35 PM
  • Evening best color 4:06 PM
  • Sunset 4:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:35 PM–5:06 PM
  • Fully dark 6:13 PM–5:40 AM
  • Moonset 7:31 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:33 PM–5:40 AM
← Previous day Friday Fri, Dec 11
Next day → Sunday Sun, Dec 13

Upcoming celestial events for Naples, Italy

Geminids Around 144 an hour
Sun 13 Dec 2026 2:05 AM Winter solstice Shortest day, 9h 14m of light · sunset 4:38 PM in the WSW Mon 21 Dec 2026 9:50 PM Ursids A few an hour
Mon 21 Dec 2026 5:53 AM Cold Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 3:46 PM in the NE Wed 23 Dec 2026 3:46 PM Quadrantids Around 10 an hour
Sun 3 Jan 2027 5:47 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:30 PM to 5:40 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 9:23 PM Partial solar eclipse 77.2% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 11:16 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it