Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

That morning

Sunrise

9:10 AM

9:10 AM

Clears the hills at 9:28 AM, 18 min after sunrise

8:23 AM Blue hour
9:10 AM Sunrise
10:24 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:41 PM

4:41 PM

Behind the hills at 3:54 PM, 47 min before sunset

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

3:26 PM Golden hour
4:41 PM Sunset
5:27 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:26 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:11 PM Dark enough
10:47 PM Moonrise
1:26 AM Best
7:42 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
22% 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

Last quarter

62% lit

9:17 PM – 2:41 PM

NE WNW
9:17 PM Moonrise
9:58 PM 4°
6:11 AM Highest, 53°
2:06 PM 4°
2:41 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 8:23 AM–9:10 AM
  • Sunrise 9:10 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:10 AM–10:24 AM
  • Morning best color 9:21 AM
  • Moonset 2:41 PM
  • Evening golden hour 3:26 PM–4:41 PM
  • Evening best color 4:23 PM
  • Sunset 4:41 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:41 PM–5:27 PM
  • Fully dark 7:03 PM–6:49 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:03 PM–10:53 PM
  • Moonrise 10:47 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