Reykjavik, Iceland

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Reykjavik, Iceland

That morning

Sunrise

9:58 AM

9:58 AM

Clears the hills at 10:18 AM, 20 min after sunrise

8:57 AM Blue hour
9:58 AM Sunrise
11:59 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:26 PM

4:26 PM

Behind the hills at 4:15 PM, 11 min before sunset

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

2:24 PM Golden hour
4:26 PM Sunset
5:26 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Leonids

Best around 7:41 AM

Very LowExcellent
5:56 PM Dark enough
7:41 AM Best
8:31 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
48°
Under a perfect sky
15/hour
Moonlight
43% lost
Speed
71 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Tempel-Tuttle (55P/Tempel-Tuttle)

Dust from Comet Tempel-Tuttle, which comes round every 33 years. When Earth runs through a fresh trail just after the comet passes, the Leonids turn into storms, as in 1833, 1966 and 2001.

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.

Usually modest, but about every 33 years it has produced the biggest meteor storms on record.

Full moon

Full Beaver Moon

Rises 3:21 PM in the NE

3:21 PM – 12:40 PM

Named for the beavers building their winter lodges, and the trapping season before the swamps froze.

NE NW
3:21 PM Moonrise
4:16 PM 4°
1:21 AM Highest, 49°
11:05 AM 4°
12:40 PM Moonset

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

Rises
3:21 PM in the NE
Exactly full
9:28 PM
Distance
224,747 mi

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 8:57 AM–9:58 AM
  • Moonset 9:55 AM
  • Sunrise 9:58 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:58 AM–11:59 AM
  • Morning best color 10:29 AM
  • Evening golden hour 2:24 PM–4:26 PM
  • Moonrise 3:22 PM
  • Evening best color 3:31 PM
  • Sunset 4:26 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:26 PM–5:26 PM
  • Fully dark 7:23 PM–7:02 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Reykjavik, Iceland

Northern lights possible Kp 4 - could be overhead
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:00 PM 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 3 - could be overhead
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:00 AM Northern lights possible Kp 3 - could be overhead
Fri 6 Nov 2026 7:00 PM 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

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