Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

That morning

Sunrise

8:59 AM

8:59 AM

Clears the hills at 9:11 AM, 12 min after sunrise

8:19 AM Blue hour
8:59 AM Sunrise
9:56 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:48 PM

6:48 PM

Behind the hills at 6:12 PM, 36 min before sunset

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

5:51 PM Golden hour
6:48 PM Sunset
7:28 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 6:33 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:18 PM Dark enough
6:33 AM Best
7:32 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
48°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
54% 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

75% lit

7:31 PM – 4:07 PM

NE NW
7:31 PM Moonrise
8:24 PM 4°
5:44 AM Highest, 61°
3:10 PM 4°
4:07 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 8:19 AM–8:59 AM
  • Sunrise 8:59 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:59 AM–9:56 AM
  • Morning best color 9:11 AM
  • Moonset 4:07 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:51 PM–6:48 PM
  • Evening best color 6:30 PM
  • Sunset 6:48 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:48 PM–7:28 PM
  • Moonrise 8:21 PM
  • Fully dark 8:59 PM–6:51 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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