Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

That morning

Sunrise

9:10 AM

9:10 AM

Clears the hills at 9:28 AM, 18 min after sunrise

8:24 AM Blue hour
9:10 AM Sunrise
10:25 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:40 PM

4:40 PM

Behind the hills at 3:54 PM, 46 min before sunset

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

3:25 PM Golden hour
4:40 PM Sunset
5:27 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:40 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:10 PM Dark enough
1:40 AM Best
4:06 AM Moonset
7:42 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
56°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
30% lost
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

Waxing gibbous

76% lit

3:21 PM – 4:06 AM

E W
3:21 PM Moonrise
3:50 PM 4°
9:39 PM Highest, 34°
3:35 AM 4°
4:06 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:32 AM
  • Morning blue hour 8:24 AM–9:10 AM
  • Sunrise 9:10 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:10 AM–10:25 AM
  • Morning best color 9:21 AM
  • Moonrise 3:21 PM
  • Evening golden hour 3:25 PM–4:40 PM
  • Evening best color 4:22 PM
  • Sunset 4:40 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:40 PM–5:27 PM
  • Fully dark 7:03 PM–6:49 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:13 AM–6:49 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:28 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:28 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to S, 16 deg up
Sun 15 Nov 2026 7:27 PM International Space Station Modest pass, S to SE, 14 deg up
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:40 PM Leonids Around 12 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:20 PM Full Beaver Moon Rises 3:23 PM in the NE Mon 23 Nov 2026 3:23 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 7:13 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sat 30 Dec 2028 7:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 9% of the Sun covered
Tue 12 Jun 2029 9:05 PM Partial solar eclipse 17.3% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 10:53 PM Partial solar eclipse 94.4% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 9:37 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 2:55 AM Partial solar eclipse 0.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 2 Sep 2035 6:15 PM Partial solar eclipse 11.6% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:07 AM Partial solar eclipse 55.9% of the Sun covered
Sun 20 Apr 2042 7:41 PM Partial solar eclipse 74.7% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 10:56 AM Partial solar eclipse 76.5% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 5:18 PM Partial solar eclipse 31.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 8:18 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it