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Lofoten Islands, Norway
High 39°F, low 36°F.

Tonight

Aurora chance

Kp 2

7:25 PM – 6:17 AM

Very LowExcellent

A low chance: the aurora is active, but thick cloud is forecast. A break in the cloud would show it.

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Aurora, cloud and light pollution around Lofoten Islands, Norway
7:25 PM Dark enough
9:00 PM Best chance, Kp 2
6:17 AM Too light

Current local time: 1:18 AM

8 PM ☁ 99% Kp 2
9 PM ☁ 99% Kp 2
10 PM ☁ 100% Kp 2
11 PM ☁ 100% Kp 1.7
12 AM ☁ 100% Kp 1.7

The best night is the highest Kp with the least cloud in the way. Kp is a planet-wide index NOAA publishes in three-hour steps, so it moves more slowly than the sky does.

Sunrise

Very Low

8:16 AM

Very LowExcellent
High cloud
0%catches the color
Low cloud
74%toward the horizon, blocks the light
Rain chance
88%
Humidity
94%
7:18 AM Blue hour
7:33 AM Best color
8:16 AM Sunrise
9:45 AM Golden hour ends

Current local time: 1:18 AM

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 37 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Later today

Sunset

Low

5:21 PM

Very LowExcellent
High cloud
41%catches the color
Low cloud
94%toward the horizon, blocks the light
Rain chance
10%
Humidity
73%
3:52 PM Golden hour
4:16 PM Best color
5:21 PM Sunset
6:20 PM Blue hour ends

Current local time: 1:18 AM

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 41 camera photos of past sunsets here.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Active, around 5 an hour

Best around 5:37 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
38°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Moon

Waxing crescent

34% lit

Below the horizon all day

Weather forecast

Morning 9 AM 37°F Slight snow fall
87% 95% 97% 5 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 39°F Overcast
100% 49% 67% 13 mph
Evening 7 PM 36°F Light drizzle
86% 14% 75% 5 mph
Late Night 11 PM 36°F Overcast
100% 14% 80% 4 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:18 AM–8:16 AM
  • Morning best color 7:33 AM
  • Sunrise 8:16 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:16 AM–9:45 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:52 PM–5:21 PM
  • Evening best color 4:16 PM
  • Sunset 5:21 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:21 PM–6:20 PM
  • Night 6:20 PM–7:21 AM
  • Fully dark 8:32 PM–5:10 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:32 PM–5:10 AM

Tomorrow

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Cloud, aurora and darkness around Lofoten Islands, Norway

Next few days

Pick a date
Sun, Oct 18
Low 8:02 AM–8:38 AM
Low 4:59 PM–5:35 PM
Mon, Oct 19
Very Low 8:06 AM–8:42 AM
Very Low 4:55 PM–5:31 PM
Tue, Oct 20
Very Low 8:09 AM–8:45 AM
5:24 AM
Very Low 4:50 PM–5:26 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Lofoten Islands, Norway

Orionids Active, around 5 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 5:37 AM Orionids Around 11 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:24 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 2:49 PM in the NE Sun 25 Oct 2026 2:49 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:35 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:20 PM to 5:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 12:35 AM Leonids Around 6 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:27 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 5:30 PM to 6:30 AM Tue 8 Dec 2026 1:50 AM Winter solstice The Sun does not rise Mon 21 Dec 2026 9:50 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 5:50 PM to 6:30 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 9:22 PM Full Wolf Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 1:16 PM in the NNE Fri 22 Jan 2027 1:16 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:30 AM Sat 6 Feb 2027 4:56 PM Full Snow Moon Rises 3:52 PM in the ENE Sat 20 Feb 2027 3:52 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:50 PM to 3:40 AM Sun 7 Mar 2027 10:31 AM Spring equinox Sunset due west, 6:19 PM Sat 20 Mar 2027 9:24 PM Full Worm Moon Rises 7:21 PM in the ESE Mon 22 Mar 2027 7:21 PM New moon No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Tue 6 Apr 2027 1:56 AM Full Pink Moon Rises 9:50 PM in the SE Tue 20 Apr 2027 9:50 PM Lyrids Around 12 an hour
Thu 22 Apr 2027 2:54 AM New moon No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Thu 6 May 2027 1:06 PM New moon No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Fri 4 Jun 2027 9:47 PM Summer solstice The Sun does not set Mon 21 Jun 2027 4:10 PM New moon (supermoon) No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Sat 3 Jul 2027 5:07 AM Full Buck Moon (micromoon) Micromoon - rises 12:46 AM in the S Mon 19 Jul 2027 12:46 AM Partial solar eclipse 0.1% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 11:19 AM New moon (supermoon) No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Mon 2 Aug 2027 12:07 PM Perseids Around 87 an hour
Thu 12 Aug 2027 2:40 AM Full Sturgeon Moon Rises 9:11 PM in the ESE Tue 17 Aug 2027 9:11 PM Black Moon (supermoon) No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Tue 31 Aug 2027 7:39 PM Full Harvest Moon Rises 6:56 PM in the E Wed 15 Sep 2027 6:56 PM Autumn equinox Sunset due west, 7:05 PM Thu 23 Sep 2027 8:01 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 10:00 PM to 3:50 AM Wed 29 Sep 2027 4:33 AM Draconids Around 6 an hour
Fri 8 Oct 2027 7:31 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 4:23 PM in the NE Fri 15 Oct 2027 4:23 PM Orionids Around 6 an hour
Thu 21 Oct 2027 5:21 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 5:50 AM Fri 29 Oct 2027 3:34 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Fri 5 Nov 2027 12:32 AM Leonids A few an hour
Wed 17 Nov 2027 6:24 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 5:40 PM to 6:10 AM Sat 27 Nov 2027 4:24 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 17.6% of the Sun covered
Tue 12 Jun 2029 5:20 AM Partial solar eclipse 37.2% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:51 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 65% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 79.8% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 7:37 PM

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