Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Meteor shower

Geminids

Best around 3:06 AM

Very LowExcellent
5:51 PM Dark enough
3:06 AM Best
8:17 AM Too light
Estimate
~28/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
65°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
79% lost
Speed
35 km/s

Where they come from: Asteroid 3200 Phaethon

One of only two major showers from an asteroid, not a comet: 3200 Phaethon, a 'rock comet' that sheds dust when it passes close to the Sun. Its dust is denser than most, which is why Geminids are bright and slow.

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 strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

That morning

Sunrise

9:45 AM

9:45 AM

Clears the hills at 10:07 AM, 22 min after sunrise

8:55 AM Blue hour
9:45 AM Sunrise
11:16 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:21 PM

4:21 PM

Behind the hills at 3:48 PM, 33 min before sunset

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

2:50 PM Golden hour
4:21 PM Sunset
5:12 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Full moon

100% lit

3:57 PM – 11:27 AM

NE NW
3:57 PM Moonrise
4:46 PM 4°
1:48 AM Highest, 58°
10:42 AM 4°
11:27 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 8:55 AM–9:45 AM
  • Sunrise 9:45 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:45 AM–11:16 AM
  • Morning best color 9:57 AM
  • Moonset 10:40 AM
  • Evening golden hour 2:50 PM–4:21 PM
  • Moonrise 3:58 PM
  • Evening best color 4:03 PM
  • Sunset 4:21 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:21 PM–5:12 PM
  • Fully dark 6:52 PM–7:15 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Winter solstice Shortest day, 6h 31m of light · sunset 4:23 PM in the SW Tue 21 Dec 2027 5:42 PM Ursids Around 7 an hour
Tue 21 Dec 2027 5:53 PM First day of Hanukkah First day of Hanukkah in Kodiak - sunset at 4:25 PM Sat 25 Dec 2027 4:25 PM Christmas Day Christmas night in Kodiak - waning crescent moon Sat 25 Dec 2027 4:25 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 7:20 AM Sun 26 Dec 2027 11:14 AM 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