Reykjavik, Iceland

Saturday, November 2, 2024

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Reykjavik, Iceland

That morning

Sunrise

9:15 AM

9:15 AM

Clears the hills at 9:31 AM, 16 min after sunrise

8:21 AM Blue hour
9:15 AM Sunrise
10:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:06 PM

5:06 PM

Behind the hills at 4:59 PM, 7 min before sunset

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

3:38 PM Golden hour
5:06 PM Sunset
6:00 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 2:06 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:36 PM Dark enough
2:06 AM Best
7:49 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
41°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

Dust from Comet Encke, which goes round the Sun every 3.3 years, the shortest of any bright comet. Its stream is old and spread wide, so the Taurids last for weeks and carry larger pieces than most: the 'Halloween fireballs'.

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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 2:06 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:36 PM Dark enough
2:06 AM Best
7:49 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
47°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Event

Día de Muertos

IS holiday

Día de Muertos in Reykjavik - sunset at 5:06 PM

Evening from 5:06 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:06 PM
Sun toward SW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
1% lit
Rises 1:56 PM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
SW, 2° up
at 4:36 PM

Día de Muertos - the Day of the Dead - is kept in Mexico, and wherever Mexican families live, on November 1 and 2. Families welcome back the souls of their dead with ofrendas - home altars of photographs, candles, the favorite foods of those who died and pan de muerto - and with paths of cempasúchil marigolds, whose color and scent are said to guide the souls home. November 1 is often given to children who died and November 2 to adults, and many families spend the night in the cemetery, by candlelight at the decorated graves.

It joins older Indigenous ways of honoring the dead with the Catholic All Saints' and All Souls' Days. UNESCO added it to its list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008.

Moon

New moon

1% lit

11:28 AM – 4:04 PM

11:28 AM Moonrise
1:46 PM Highest, 4°
4:04 PM Moonset

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 8:21 AM–9:15 AM
  • Sunrise 9:15 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:15 AM–10:43 AM
  • Morning best color 9:47 AM
  • Moonrise 11:28 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:38 PM–5:06 PM
  • Moonset 4:04 PM
  • Evening best color 4:11 PM
  • Sunset 5:06 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:06 PM–6:00 PM
  • Fully dark 7:52 PM–6:32 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:52 PM–6:32 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Reykjavik, Iceland

Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:31 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:31 PM Northern lights possible Kp 4 - could be overhead
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:00 AM Northern lights possible Kp 3 - could be overhead
Thu 5 Nov 2026 5:00 AM Northern lights possible Kp 3 - could be overhead
Fri 6 Nov 2026 2:00 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:40 PM to 6:40 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 7:01 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