Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

That morning

Sunrise

8:57 AM

8:57 AM

Clears the hills at 9:09 AM, 12 min after sunrise

8:17 AM Blue hour
8:57 AM Sunrise
9:54 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:50 PM

6:50 PM

Behind the hills at 6:15 PM, 35 min before sunset

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

5:54 PM Golden hour
6:50 PM Sunset
7:31 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 6:35 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:20 PM Dark enough
6:35 AM Best
7:29 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
48°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
62% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Moon

Waning gibbous

84% lit

7:05 PM – 2:49 PM

NE NW
7:05 PM Moonrise
7:50 PM 4°
4:44 AM Highest, 59°
1:55 PM 4°
2:49 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 8:17 AM–8:57 AM
  • Sunrise 8:57 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:57 AM–9:54 AM
  • Morning best color 9:08 AM
  • Moonset 2:49 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:54 PM–6:50 PM
  • Evening best color 6:32 PM
  • Sunset 6:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:50 PM–7:31 PM
  • Moonrise 7:31 PM
  • Fully dark 9:01 PM–6:49 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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