Kiruna, Sweden

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Kiruna, Sweden

That morning

Sunrise

4:09 AM

4:09 AM

Clears the hills at 4:41 AM, 32 min after sunrise

2:47 AM Blue hour
4:09 AM Sunrise
5:33 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

VSB-30 | DLR TEXUS 58

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 7:20 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Crossing your sky
When
7:20 AM
Highest around 7:29 AM
Distance
23 mi
Climbs to
80°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
S
ESRANGE, Kiruna
Mission
Micrograv
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 250 km. From GCAT (2023-S21).

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

Sunset

9:04 PM

9:04 PM

Behind the hills at 8:58 PM, 6 min before sunset

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

7:41 PM Golden hour
9:04 PM Sunset
10:28 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 1:49 AM

Very LowExcellent
10:34 PM Dark enough
1:49 AM Best
2:35 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
48°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
49 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1)

Dust from Comet Thatcher, which comes round about every 415 years and was last near the Sun in 1861. Chinese astronomers recorded the Lyrids in 687 BC, the oldest shower on record.

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.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Moon

Waxing crescent

19% lit

Above the horizon all day

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 2:47 AM–4:09 AM
  • Sunrise 4:09 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:09 AM–5:33 AM
  • Morning best color 4:55 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:41 PM–9:04 PM
  • Evening best color 8:00 PM
  • Sunset 9:04 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:04 PM–10:28 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 9:00 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