Saturday, December 06, 2025

9 Night Sky Events to See in December

This month will bring some striking celestial sights, including one of the year's best meteor showers and a glowing Saturn-moon pairing.

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It's time to get excited about the December and January #meteor showers! The #Geminids is 1st, best seen overnight on December 13-14. Next comes the #Ursids on the morning of December 22. Then the New Year starts with the #Quadrantids on the morning of January 4. buff.ly/lD14ZKA EarthSky.org.

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-- EarthSky (@earthskyscience.bsky.social) Dec 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM

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... Here are nine top night-sky sights to watch for this month. Most are visible to the unaided eye and are all best viewed from a remote, dark sky. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-04 07:34 PM

Non-pay-walled ...

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#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-04 07:35 PM

I miss the days when there wasn't 6 "supermoons" every year and the sky wasn't so full of orbiting junk you could actually enjoy a meteor shower.

Heady days, those were.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-04 09:27 PM

@#3 ... the sky wasn't so full of orbiting junk ...

Yeah.

Just take a look at the junk orbiting the Planet...

satellitemap.space




#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-04 10:01 PM

It would be nice to see one, but I live in Chicago area and we're lucky to see the sun for a few hours in December here.

#5 | Posted by path at 2025-12-06 04:57 PM

Re 5

Thoughts and prayers.

From sunny Northern California

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-06 05:15 PM

#6: thx, I may need it battling S.A.D.

#7 | Posted by path at 2025-12-07 01:58 PM

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