Kiruna, Sweden

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Kiruna, Sweden

That morning

Sunrise

7:50 AM

7:50 AM

Clears the hills at 8:00 AM, 10 min after sunrise

6:53 AM Blue hour
7:50 AM Sunrise
9:18 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:57 PM

4:57 PM

Behind the hills at 4:48 PM, 9 min before sunset

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

3:29 PM Golden hour
4:57 PM Sunset
5:55 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:57 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:27 PM Dark enough
2:30 AM Moonset
4:57 AM Best
6:24 AM Too light
Estimate
~5/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
38°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

79% lit

4:09 PM – 2:30 AM

ESE WSW
4:09 PM Moonrise
4:54 PM 4°
9:17 PM Highest, 16°
1:44 AM 4°
2:30 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:51 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:53 AM–7:50 AM
  • Sunrise 7:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:50 AM–9:18 AM
  • Morning best color 8:36 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:29 PM–4:57 PM
  • Evening best color 3:52 PM
  • Moonrise 4:10 PM
  • Sunset 4:57 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:57 PM–5:55 PM
  • Fully dark 8:04 PM–4:47 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:34 AM–4:47 AM

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