Kiruna, Sweden

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Kiruna, Sweden
High 40°F, low 28°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

Around 9 an hour

Best around 7:06 PM

The night7:06 PM – 5:50 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
70°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 km/s

The rate at the top 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.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

That night

Aurora chance

Excellent

6:23 PM – 6:31 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:23 PM Dark enough
6:31 AM Too light

That morning

Sunrise

Fair

7:16 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
74%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
78%
Wind
6 mph
6:20 AM Blue hour
6:33 AM Best color
7:16 AM Sunrise
8:35 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 38 camera photos of past sunrises at Lofoten Islands, Norway, 266 km away.

Sunset

Good

5:35 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
20%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
81%
Wind
3 mph
4:15 PM Golden hour
4:30 PM Best color
5:35 PM Sunset
6:30 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 41 camera photos of past sunsets at Lofoten Islands, Norway, 266 km away.

Moon

Waning crescent

6% lit

3:32 AM – 5:10 PM

E W
3:32 AM Moonrise
4:17 AM 4°
10:29 AM Highest, 26°
4:30 PM 4°
5:10 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 33°F Clear sky
74% dry 78% 6 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 40°F Mainly clear
48% dry 53% 6 mph
Evening 7 PM 30°F Clear sky
20% dry 81% 3 mph
Late Night 11 PM 28°F Clear sky
0% dry 87% 5 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 3:32 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:20 AM–7:16 AM
  • Morning best color 6:33 AM
  • Sunrise 7:16 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:16 AM–8:35 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:15 PM–5:35 PM
  • Evening best color 4:30 PM
  • Moonset 5:11 PM
  • Sunset 5:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:35 PM–6:30 PM
  • Fully dark 8:44 PM–4:12 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:44 PM–4:12 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kiruna, Sweden

Northern lights possible Kp 3 - could be overhead
Sat 17 Oct 2026 11:00 PM Orionids Active, around 5 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 6:28 PM Orionids Around 11 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 6:16 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 2:26 PM in the NE Sun 25 Oct 2026 2:26 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 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