Gibraltar

Tuesday, December 15, 2026

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Gibraltar Tuesday 15 December 2026

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 101 an hour

Best around 3:11 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

8:25 AM

8:25 AM

7:56 AM Blue hour
8:25 AM Sunrise
9:04 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:08 PM

6:08 PM

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

5:28 PM Golden hour
6:08 PM Sunset
6:36 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

33% lit

12:33 PM – 12:04 AM

ESE WSW
12:33 PM Moonrise
12:53 PM 4°
6:17 PM Highest, 46°
11:43 PM 4°
12:04 AM 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

7:56 AM Blue hour
8:25 AM Sunrise
9:04 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, waxing crescent

12:33 PM Moonrise
12:53 PM 4°
6:17 PM Highest, 46°
11:43 PM 4°
12:04 AM Moonset

Sunset

5:28 PM Golden hour
6:08 PM Sunset
6:36 PM Blue hour ends
← Previous day Monday Mon, Dec 14
Next day → Wednesday Wed, Dec 16

Upcoming celestial events for Gibraltar

Winter solstice Shortest day, 9h 42m of light · sunset 6:10 PM in the WSW Mon 21 Dec 2026 9:50 PM Ursids A few an hour
Mon 21 Dec 2026 6:55 AM Cold Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 5:27 PM in the NE Wed 23 Dec 2026 5:27 PM Quadrantids Around 8 an hour
Sun 3 Jan 2027 6:48 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:00 PM to 7:00 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 9:23 PM Wolf Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 6:46 PM in the ENE Fri 22 Jan 2027 6:46 PM Partial solar eclipse 2% of the Sun covered
Sat 6 Feb 2027 6:52 PM Total solar eclipse Totality here
Mon 2 Aug 2027 10:48 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it