Kiruna, Sweden

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

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Kiruna, Sweden

Rocket launch

VSB-30 | Suborbital Express 3

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 8:23 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Crossing your sky
When
8:23 AM
Highest around 8:32 AM
Distance
23 mi
Climbs to
80°
Lighting
Sky still bright
Launch site
S
ESRANGE, Kiruna
Mission
Micrograv
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 260 km. From GCAT (2022-S131).

The plume will be lit, but the sky behind it is still bright enough to wash it out. Twenty minutes later would be the shot.

That morning

Sunrise

9:28 AM

9:28 AM

Clears the hills at 9:31 AM, 3 min after sunrise

Sunset

1:22 PM

1:22 PM

Behind the hills at 12:30 PM, 52 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:07 AM

Very LowExcellent
2:52 PM Dark enough
12:07 AM Best
8:03 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
46°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

The estimate 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

New moon

0% lit

New moon today at 12:00 AM

Moonless and fully dark 5:20 PM to 5:30 AM

8:47 AM – 12:42 PM

8:47 AM Moonrise
10:44 AM Highest, 3°
12:42 PM Moonset

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:58 AM–9:28 AM
  • Moonrise 8:47 AM
  • Sunrise 9:28 AM
  • Moonset 12:42 PM
  • Sunset 1:22 PM
  • Evening blue hour 1:22 PM–2:53 PM
  • Fully dark 5:16 PM–5:36 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:16 PM–5:36 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kiruna, Sweden

Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 14 Nov 2026 3:31 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 14 Nov 2026 3:31 PM Northern lights possible Kp 3 - could be overhead
Sun 15 Nov 2026 3:00 AM Northern lights possible Kp 4 - could be overhead
Mon 16 Nov 2026 11:00 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 3:22 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 3:22 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 15.2% of the Sun covered
Tue 12 Jun 2029 5:17 AM Partial solar eclipse 40.6% 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 77% 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 81.1% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 7:36 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it