Santorini, Greece

Saturday, December 12, 2026

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Santorini, Greece Saturday 12 December 2026

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 116 an hour

Best around 2:21 AM

Radiant climbs to
86°
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

7:20 AM

7:20 AM

6:51 AM Blue hour
7:20 AM Sunrise
8:00 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:03 PM

5:03 PM

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

4:23 PM Golden hour
5:03 PM Sunset
5:31 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

10% lit

10:02 AM – 7:57 PM

ESE WSW
10:02 AM Moonrise
10:25 AM 4°
2:59 PM Highest, 31°
7:34 PM 4°
7:57 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 6:51 AM–7:20 AM
  • Sunrise 7:20 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:20 AM–8:00 AM
  • Morning best color 7:24 AM
  • Moonrise 10:02 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:23 PM–5:03 PM
  • Sunset 5:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:03 PM–5:31 PM
  • Fully dark 6:35 PM–5:48 AM
  • Moonset 7:57 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:05 PM–5:48 AM
← Previous day Friday Fri, Dec 11
Next day → Sunday Sun, Dec 13

Upcoming celestial events for Santorini, Greece

Geminids Around 144 an hour
Sun 13 Dec 2026 2:18 AM Winter solstice Shortest day, 9h 40m of light · sunset 5:06 PM in the WSW Mon 21 Dec 2026 10:50 PM Ursids A few an hour
Mon 21 Dec 2026 5:51 AM Cold Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 4:17 PM in the NE Wed 23 Dec 2026 4:17 PM Quadrantids Around 12 an hour
Sun 3 Jan 2027 5:59 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:50 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 10:23 PM Partial solar eclipse 81.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 12:37 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it