Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 7:34 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:04 PM Dark enough
11:56 PM Moonset
7:34 AM Best
8:22 AM Too light
Estimate
~19/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
70°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
41 km/s

Where they come from: Asteroid 2003 EH1

Dust from 2003 EH1, a small asteroid that is probably a burnt-out comet. Earth crosses its thin, young stream at a steep angle, which is why the peak lasts only hours.

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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

That morning

Sunrise

9:53 AM

9:53 AM

Clears the hills at 10:15 AM, 22 min after sunrise

9:02 AM Blue hour
9:53 AM Sunrise
11:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:34 PM

4:34 PM

Behind the hills at 3:58 PM, 36 min before sunset

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

3:05 PM Golden hour
4:34 PM Sunset
5:24 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

29% lit

11:40 AM – 11:56 PM

E W
11:40 AM Moonrise
12:09 PM 4°
5:44 PM Highest, 32°
11:25 PM 4°
11:56 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 9:02 AM–9:53 AM
  • Sunrise 9:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:53 AM–11:21 AM
  • Morning best color 10:04 AM
  • Moonrise 11:40 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:05 PM–4:34 PM
  • Evening best color 4:16 PM
  • Sunset 4:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:34 PM–5:24 PM
  • Fully dark 7:04 PM–7:22 AM
  • Moonset 11:56 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:04 AM–7:22 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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