Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Wednesday, January 2, 2030

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 7:34 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:04 PM Dark enough
7:34 AM Best
8:22 AM Too light
Estimate
~39/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

9:52 AM

9:52 AM

Clears the hills at 10:14 AM, 22 min after sunrise

9:02 AM Blue hour
9:52 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 sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

3:06 PM Golden hour
4:34 PM Sunset
5:25 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

2% lit

8:48 AM – 3:16 PM

SSE SSW
8:48 AM Moonrise
9:39 AM 4°
12:02 PM Highest, 9°
2:25 PM 4°
3:16 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 8:48 AM
  • Morning blue hour 9:02 AM–9:52 AM
  • Sunrise 9:52 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:52 AM–11:21 AM
  • Morning best color 10:03 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:06 PM–4:34 PM
  • Moonset 3:16 PM
  • Evening best color 4:17 PM
  • Sunset 4:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:34 PM–5:25 PM
  • Fully dark 7:04 PM–7:22 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:04 PM–7:22 AM

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