Orlando, Florida, USA

Monday, December 14, 2026

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Orlando, Florida, USA Monday 14 December 2026

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 119 an hour

Best around 2:18 AM

Radiant climbs to
86°
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

7:10 AM

7:10 AM

6:44 AM Blue hour
7:10 AM Sunrise
7:45 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:30 PM

5:30 PM

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

4:55 PM Golden hour
5:30 PM Sunset
5:56 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

26% lit

11:06 AM – 10:30 PM

ESE WSW
11:06 AM Moonrise
11:25 AM 4°
4:48 PM Highest, 49°
10:11 PM 4°
10:30 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

6:44 AM Blue hour
7:10 AM Sunrise
7:45 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, waxing crescent

11:06 AM Moonrise
11:25 AM 4°
4:48 PM Highest, 49°
10:11 PM 4°
10:30 PM Moonset

Sunset

4:55 PM Golden hour
5:30 PM Sunset
5:56 PM Blue hour ends
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Next day → Tuesday Tue, Dec 15

Upcoming celestial events for Orlando, Florida, USA

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