Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 4:20 AM

Very LowExcellent
11:05 PM Dark enough
4:20 AM Best
5:08 AM Too light
Estimate
~12/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
60°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
49 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1)

Dust from Comet Thatcher, which comes round about every 415 years and was last near the Sun in 1861. Chinese astronomers recorded the Lyrids in 687 BC, the oldest shower on record.

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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:40 AM

6:40 AM

Clears the hills at 7:12 AM, 32 min after sunrise

5:56 AM Blue hour
6:40 AM Sunrise
7:35 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:35 PM

9:35 PM

Behind the mountains at 7:34 PM, 121 min before sunset

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

8:41 PM Golden hour
9:35 PM Sunset
10:20 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

9% lit

5:32 AM – 6:34 PM

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5:32 AM Moonrise
6:02 AM 4°
11:59 AM Highest, 36°
6:03 PM 4°
6:34 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:33 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:56 AM–6:40 AM
  • Sunrise 6:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:40 AM–7:35 AM
  • Morning best color 6:51 AM
  • Moonset 6:35 PM
  • Evening golden hour 8:41 PM–9:35 PM
  • Evening best color 9:17 PM
  • Sunset 9:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:35 PM–10:20 PM
  • Fully dark 12:48 AM–3:23 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:48 AM–3:23 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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