Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

That morning

Sunrise

8:50 AM

8:50 AM

Clears the hills at 9:06 AM, 16 min after sunrise

8:06 AM Blue hour
8:50 AM Sunrise
9:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:57 PM

4:57 PM

Behind the hills at 4:31 PM, 26 min before sunset

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

3:48 PM Golden hour
4:57 PM Sunset
5:41 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:42 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:27 PM Dark enough
1:42 AM Best
5:45 AM Moonset
7:22 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
55°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
53% 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

87% lit

3:49 PM – 5:45 AM

E W
3:49 PM Moonrise
4:18 PM 4°
10:40 PM Highest, 39°
5:13 AM 4°
5:45 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:05 AM
  • Morning blue hour 8:06 AM–8:50 AM
  • Sunrise 8:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:50 AM–9:58 AM
  • Morning best color 9:01 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:48 PM–4:57 PM
  • Moonrise 3:49 PM
  • Evening best color 4:39 PM
  • Sunset 4:57 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:57 PM–5:41 PM
  • Fully dark 7:15 PM–6:34 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:55 AM–6:34 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Northern lights possible Kp 5 (G1) - could be overhead
Sun 8 Nov 2026 9:00 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 6:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 10:01 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 8 Nov 2026 6:36 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 8 Nov 2026 6:36 PM Northern lights possible Kp 4 - low in the northern sky
Mon 9 Nov 2026 8:00 PM Veterans Day Veterans Day in Kodiak - sunset at 5:00 PM
Wed 11 Nov 2026 5:00 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