Kiruna, Sweden

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Kiruna, Sweden

That morning

Sunrise

4:13 AM

4:13 AM

2:52 AM Blue hour
4:13 AM Sunrise
5:35 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Angara 1.2 | Kosmos 2615-2618

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 10:29 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
ESE
Heading your way
When
10:29 AM
Highest around 10:37 AM
Distance
673 mi
Climbs to
14°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
35/1
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

9:01 PM

9:01 PM

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

7:38 PM Golden hour
9:01 PM Sunset
10:24 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 1:46 AM

Very LowExcellent
10:31 PM Dark enough
1:46 AM Best
2:38 AM Too light
Estimate
~5/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
48°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
16% lost
Speed
49 km/s

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.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Moon

First quarter

42% lit

8:17 AM – 5:04 AM

NE NW
8:17 AM Moonrise
9:57 AM 4°
7:23 PM Highest, 41°
4:07 AM 4°
5:04 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 2:52 AM–4:13 AM
  • Morning best color 3:25 AM
  • Sunrise 4:13 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:13 AM–5:35 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:38 PM–9:01 PM
  • Evening best color 7:56 PM
  • Sunset 9:01 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:01 PM–10:24 PM
  • Fully dark Not tonight

Upcoming celestial events for Kiruna, Sweden

Full Hunter's Moon Rises 2:26 PM in the NE Sun 25 Oct 2026 2:26 PM Halloween Halloween night in Kiruna - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 4:13 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 5:50 PM to 4:50 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 3:44 PM Leonids Around 6 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 3:22 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 15.2% of the Sun covered
Tue 12 Jun 2029 5:17 AM Partial solar eclipse 40.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:51 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 81.1% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 7:36 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it