Kiruna, Sweden

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

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Kiruna, Sweden

Rocket launch

VSB-30 | Suborbital Express 4

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 6:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
E
Crossing your sky
When
6:00 AM
Highest around 6:09 AM
Distance
23 mi
Climbs to
80°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
S
ESRANGE, Kiruna
Mission
Microgravity
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 256 km. From GCAT (2024-S77).

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

9:46 AM

9:46 AM

Sunset

1:06 PM

1:06 PM

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

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 11:06 PM

Very LowExcellent
2:36 PM Dark enough
11:06 PM Best
3:53 AM Moonrise
8:21 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
44°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

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 crescent

20% lit

2:11 AM – 1:04 PM

ESE WSW
2:11 AM Moonrise
2:56 AM 4°
7:41 AM Highest, 18°
12:21 PM 4°
1:04 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:11 AM
  • Morning blue hour 8:08 AM–9:46 AM
  • Sunrise 9:46 AM
  • Moonset 1:04 PM
  • Sunset 1:06 PM
  • Evening blue hour 1:06 PM–2:44 PM
  • Fully dark 5:11 PM–5:44 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:11 PM–4:01 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kiruna, Sweden

Northern lights possible Kp 5 (G1) - could be overhead
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Halloween Halloween night in Kiruna - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 31 Oct 2026 4:30 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 31 Oct 2026 4:30 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Kiruna - sunset at 2:56 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 2:56 PM Northern lights possible Kp 4 - could be overhead
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:00 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 15.2% of the Sun covered
Tue 12 Jun 2029 5:17 AM Partial solar eclipse 40.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:51 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 81.1% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 7:36 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it