Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

Totality lasts 71 minutes

Best around 7:51 AM

Moon in shadow
125%
Totality
71 min
Moon's height
15°
5:05 AM Penumbral begins 36° up
6:08 AM Partial begins 28° up
7:16 AM Totality begins 19° up
7:51 AM Greatest eclipse 15° up
8:27 AM Totality ends 11° up
9:35 AM Partial ends 3° up
10:38 AM Penumbral ends Moon down

Safe to look at with anything, unlike a solar eclipse - the Moon is only reflecting less light.

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
11:23 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:31 PM

4:31 PM

Behind the hills at 3:57 PM, 34 min before sunset

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

3:01 PM Golden hour
4:31 PM Sunset
5:22 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Cold Moon

Blue moon - rises 3:30 PM in the NE

3:30 PM – 10:07 AM

Named for the long, cold nights at the start of winter. A blue moon too: the second full moon in one calendar month.

NE NW
3:30 PM Moonrise
4:15 PM 4°
12:55 AM Highest, 56°
9:26 AM 4°
10:07 AM Moonset

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

Rises
3:30 PM in the NE
Exactly full
7:48 AM
Distance
234,660 mi - blue moon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 9:02 AM–9:53 AM
  • Moonset 9:30 AM
  • Sunrise 9:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:53 AM–11:23 AM
  • Morning best color 10:04 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:01 PM–4:31 PM
  • Moonrise 3:31 PM
  • Evening best color 4:13 PM
  • Sunset 4:31 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:31 PM–5:22 PM
  • Fully dark 7:01 PM–7:23 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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

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