Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

That morning

Sunrise

9:08 AM

9:08 AM

Clears the hills at 9:25 AM, 17 min after sunrise

8:21 AM Blue hour
9:08 AM Sunrise
10:22 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:42 PM

4:42 PM

Behind the hills at 3:53 PM, 49 min before sunset

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

3:28 PM Golden hour
4:42 PM Sunset
5:29 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:27 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:12 PM Dark enough
9:17 PM Moonrise
1:27 AM Best
7:40 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
56°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
38% 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

Waning gibbous

71% lit

7:43 PM – 2:33 PM

NE NW
7:43 PM Moonrise
8:30 PM 4°
5:20 AM Highest, 57°
1:52 PM 4°
2:33 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 8:21 AM–9:08 AM
  • Sunrise 9:08 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:08 AM–10:22 AM
  • Morning best color 9:19 AM
  • Moonset 2:33 PM
  • Evening golden hour 3:28 PM–4:42 PM
  • Evening best color 4:24 PM
  • Sunset 4:42 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:42 PM–5:29 PM
  • Fully dark 7:04 PM–6:47 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:04 PM–9:24 PM
  • Moonrise 9:17 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Northern lights possible Kp 4 - low in the northern sky
Sat 7 Nov 2026 6:00 AM 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 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