Kiruna, Sweden

Saturday, August 1, 2026

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Kiruna, Sweden Saturday 1 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 17 an hour

Best around 2:05 AM

Radiant climbs to
57°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
34% lost
Speed
59 km/s

Rates are what one person might count under a dark sky, already brought down for how high the radiant gets here and for the Moon - not the headline figure, which assumes the radiant overhead and no light at all. Cloud is the other half, and it is on the sunset tile.

The reliable one, and warm enough to sit out for in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

2:58 AM

2:58 AM

Sunset

10:32 PM

10:32 PM

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

Moon

Waning gibbous

92% lit

9:45 PM – 9:14 AM

ESE WSW
9:45 PM Moonrise
10:27 PM 4°
3:25 AM Highest, 20°
8:29 AM 4°
9:14 AM Moonset

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

This day at a glance

Moon, waning gibbous

9:45 PM Moonrise
10:27 PM 4°
3:25 AM Highest, 20°
8:29 AM 4°
9:14 AM Moonset
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