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Meteor Shower:
Geminids
Earth passage through densest region in the stream: 14-12-2014 at 14 hour, Israel local time (UTC+2). Sun Rise: 06:32 , Set: 16:37 Moon Illuminated fraction: -0.46 
Moon set at 11:01 on 13-12-2014 rise at 23:00 on 13-12-2014 set at 11:34 on 14-12-2014 rise at 23:53 on 14-12-2014 set at 12:06 on 15-12-2014 rise at 00:45 on 16-12-2014 set at 12:40 on 16-12-2014 |
Radiant transit: 01:29 Radiant Rise: 17:55 , Set: 09:08 Radiant coordinates, RA: 112.0 ° Dec: 33.0 ° 
Map of the sky visible from Israel on 14-12-2014 at 01:29 Israel local time (UTC+2). |
| Plots of Meteor shower, Sun, and Moon altitude (above the horizon), during the night of (How to read): | ||
| 13-12-2014 | 14-12-2014 | 15-12-2014 |
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This page present meteor shower information for Israel.All the times are given in Israeli standard local time ( UTC+2). In case of daylight saving time (summer clock), add one hour to all times.
Glossary (For more information see: meteors in the astropedia).
| ZHR | Zenith Hourly Rate. The number of meteors that a single observer will see in a dark night if the radiant is in the zenith and stars as faint as magnitude 6.5 are visible with the naked eye. |
| Radiant | The position on the celestial sphere from which the meteors of a given shower emanate. |
| Solar longitude (λ) | The ecliptic longitude of the Sun (in the J2000.0 coordinates system), at the time in which the Earth encounters the densest part of the meteorid stream. |
The three plots at the bottom of the page show the Sun altitude (yellow line), Moon altitude (purple line), and Radiant altitude (colored line) as a function of time during the night. The color coding on the radiant altitude represent the distance (in degrees; 1° equal about 1day) from the time in which the Earth is crossing the densest part of the meteor stream (which its solar longitude is given in the upper right corner of the plot).
Best circumstances occur when the altitude of the radiant is maximal at the time in which Earth crosses the densest region of the stream, and the Moon phase (shown in the upper left) is minimal.
