Reykjavik, Iceland

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Reykjavik, Iceland

That morning

Sunrise

10:17 AM

10:17 AM

Clears the hills at 10:41 AM, 24 min after sunrise

Sunset

4:09 PM

4:09 PM

Behind the hills at 3:57 PM, 12 min before sunset

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

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:54 AM

Very LowExcellent
5:39 PM Dark enough
9:40 PM Moonrise
1:54 AM Best
8:50 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
50°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
28% lost
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.

Moon

Waning gibbous

65% lit

7:32 PM – 3:52 PM

NE NW
7:32 PM Moonrise
8:48 PM 4°
6:09 AM Highest, 48°
3:00 PM 4°
3:52 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 9:13 AM–10:17 AM
  • Sunrise 10:17 AM
  • Moonset 3:52 PM
  • Sunset 4:09 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:09 PM–5:13 PM
  • Fully dark 7:13 PM–7:15 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:13 PM–9:43 PM
  • Moonrise 9:40 PM

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