Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

That morning

Sunrise

9:53 AM

9:53 AM

Clears the hills at 10:15 AM, 22 min after sunrise

9:02 AM Blue hour
9:53 AM Sunrise
11:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:34 PM

4:34 PM

Behind the hills at 3:58 PM, 36 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

3:05 PM Golden hour
4:34 PM Sunset
5:24 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 7:34 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:04 PM Dark enough
12:41 AM Moonrise
7:34 AM Best
8:22 AM Too light
Estimate
~11/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
70°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
32% lost
Speed
41 km/s

Where they come from: Asteroid 2003 EH1

Dust from 2003 EH1, a small asteroid that is probably a burnt-out comet. Earth crosses its thin, young stream at a steep angle, which is why the peak lasts only hours.

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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

Moon

Last quarter

62% lit

11:24 PM – 12:33 PM

E W
11:24 PM Moonrise
11:55 PM 4°
6:03 AM Highest, 36°
12:04 PM 4°
12:33 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 9:02 AM–9:53 AM
  • Sunrise 9:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:53 AM–11:21 AM
  • Morning best color 10:04 AM
  • Moonset 12:33 PM
  • Evening golden hour 3:05 PM–4:34 PM
  • Evening best color 4:16 PM
  • Sunset 4:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:34 PM–5:24 PM
  • Fully dark 7:04 PM–7:22 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:04 PM–12:44 AM

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