Kiruna, Sweden

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Kiruna, Sweden

That morning

Sunrise

6:01 AM

6:01 AM

Clears the hills at 6:18 AM, 17 min after sunrise

5:06 AM Blue hour
6:01 AM Sunrise
7:15 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Improved Orion ? | EURO REXUS 31

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 1:00 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Crossing your sky
When
1:00 PM
Highest around 1:09 PM
Distance
23 mi
Climbs to
80°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
ESRANGE, Kiruna
Mission
Tech
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 80 km. From GCAT (2024-S09).

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

Sunset

5:34 PM

5:34 PM

Behind the hills at 5:22 PM, 12 min before sunset

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

4:20 PM Golden hour
5:34 PM Sunset
6:29 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

22% lit

Above the horizon all day

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:29 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:06 AM–6:01 AM
  • Moonrise 5:06 AM
  • Sunrise 6:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:01 AM–7:15 AM
  • Morning best color 6:46 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:20 PM–5:34 PM
  • Evening best color 4:30 PM
  • Sunset 5:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:34 PM–6:29 PM
  • Fully dark 8:54 PM–2:37 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Kiruna, Sweden

Northern lights possible Kp 3 - could be overhead
Wed 11 Nov 2026 5:00 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 3:44 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 3:44 PM Northern lights possible Kp 2 - could be overhead
Thu 12 Nov 2026 7:00 PM Northern lights possible Kp 2 - could be overhead
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:00 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