Reykjavik, Iceland

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Reykjavik, Iceland

That morning

Sunrise

8:25 AM

8:25 AM

Clears the hills at 8:34 AM, 9 min after sunrise

7:36 AM Blue hour
8:25 AM Sunrise
9:37 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:59 PM

5:59 PM

Behind the hills at 5:56 PM, 3 min before sunset

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

4:48 PM Golden hour
5:59 PM Sunset
6:49 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 5:44 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:29 PM Dark enough
5:44 AM Best
6:58 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
42°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
55% lost
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.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Supermoon - rises 5:33 PM in the ENE

5:33 PM – 10:39 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

ENE WNW
5:33 PM Moonrise
6:13 PM 4°
1:49 AM Highest, 41°
9:50 AM 4°
10:39 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:33 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
11:29 AM
Distance
221,760 mi - supermoon

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 7:36 AM–8:25 AM
  • Sunrise 8:25 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:25 AM–9:37 AM
  • Moonset 8:30 AM
  • Morning best color 8:57 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:48 PM–5:59 PM
  • Evening best color 5:05 PM
  • Moonrise 5:33 PM
  • Sunset 5:59 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:59 PM–6:49 PM
  • Fully dark 8:40 PM–5:48 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Reykjavik, Iceland

Northern lights possible Kp 3 - could be overhead
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:00 AM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:28 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:28 PM Northern lights possible Kp 4 - could be overhead
Thu 5 Nov 2026 5:00 AM Northern lights possible Kp 5 (G1) - could be overhead
Fri 6 Nov 2026 7:00 AM Northern lights possible Kp 4 - could be overhead
Sat 7 Nov 2026 1:00 AM Partial solar eclipse 5.7% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 8:59 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 4:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 16.1% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 4:24 PM Total lunar eclipse 98% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 4:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 27.7% of the Sun covered
Tue 12 Jun 2029 3:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 10:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 24.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 5:47 AM Total lunar eclipse 90% of it above your horizon
Mon 18 Oct 2032 7:03 PM Partial solar eclipse 42.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 7:12 PM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 2:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 1:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 10:12 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 2:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 62.8% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 5:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 14.7% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 8:20 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it