Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 26 an hour

Best around 8:19 AM

Radiant climbs to
76°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
34% lost
Speed
41 km/s

The rate at the top 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

That morning

Sunrise

9:52 AM

9:52 AM

9:02 AM Blue hour
9:52 AM Sunrise
11:21 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 3:04 PM in the NNE

3:04 PM – 11:02 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

NE NW
3:04 PM Moonrise
3:58 PM 4°
1:15 AM Highest, 59°
10:15 AM 4°
11:02 AM Moonset

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

Rises
3:04 PM in the NNE
Exactly full
1:03 AM
Distance
225,151 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.

Sunset

4:34 PM

4:34 PM

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

3:06 PM Golden hour
4:34 PM Sunset
5:25 PM Blue hour ends

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 9:02 AM–9:52 AM
  • Morning best color 9:37 AM
  • Sunrise 9:52 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:52 AM–11:21 AM
  • Moonset 10:26 AM
  • Moonrise 3:05 PM
  • Evening golden hour 3:06 PM–4:34 PM
  • Sunset 4:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:34 PM–5:25 PM
  • Evening best color 4:50 PM
  • Fully dark 7:04 PM–7:22 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Kodiak, Alaska, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, SSE to SE, 11 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:22 AM International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to SSE, 21 deg up
Sun 18 Oct 2026 8:09 AM Orionids Around 14 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 6:37 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:53 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:53 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 1:45 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 6:20 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 10:01 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 7:13 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sat 30 Dec 2028 7:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 9% of the Sun covered
Tue 12 Jun 2029 9:05 PM Partial solar eclipse 17.3% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 10:53 PM Partial solar eclipse 94.4% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 9:37 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 2:55 AM Partial solar eclipse 0.4% of the Sun covered
Sun 2 Sep 2035 6:15 PM Partial solar eclipse 11.6% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:07 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it