Kiruna, Sweden

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Kiruna, Sweden

That morning

Sunrise

5:49 AM

5:49 AM

Clears the hills at 6:12 AM, 23 min after sunrise

4:50 AM Blue hour
5:49 AM Sunrise
7:02 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Improved Orion | EURO REXUS 29

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 6:20 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Crossing your sky
When
6:20 AM
Highest around 6:29 AM
Distance
23 mi
Climbs to
80°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
ESRANGE, Kiruna
Mission
Tech
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 80 km. From GCAT (2023-S11).

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

7:36 PM

7:36 PM

Behind the hills at 7:29 PM, 7 min before sunset

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

6:23 PM Golden hour
7:36 PM Sunset
8:35 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

79% lit

10:59 AM – 7:14 AM

NE NW
10:59 AM Moonrise
12:26 PM 4°
9:39 PM Highest, 41°
6:18 AM 4°
7:14 AM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 4:50 AM–5:49 AM
  • Sunrise 5:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:49 AM–7:02 AM
  • Morning best color 6:34 AM
  • Moonset 8:01 AM
  • Moonrise 11:00 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:23 PM–7:36 PM
  • Evening best color 6:32 PM
  • Sunset 7:36 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:36 PM–8:35 PM
  • Fully dark Not tonight

Upcoming celestial events for Kiruna, Sweden

Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 3:35 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 3:35 PM Northern lights possible Kp 2 - could be overhead
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:00 AM Northern lights possible Kp 2 - could be overhead
Sat 14 Nov 2026 5:00 PM Northern lights possible Kp 3 - could be overhead
Sun 15 Nov 2026 7:00 PM Leonids Around 6 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