Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA Tuesday 11 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Around 93 an hour

Best around 5:36 AM

Radiant climbs to
71°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
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.

New moon

New moon

No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight

New at 9:37 AM Wed 12 Aug

Very LowExcellent
Sky fully dark
Not tonight - twilight all night

The darkest nights of the month for faint things - the Milky Way, meteors, the zodiacal light. The Moon itself cannot be seen: it sits between us and the Sun, lit on its far side.

That morning

Sunrise

6:26 AM

6:26 AM

5:38 AM Blue hour
6:26 AM Sunrise
7:22 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

10:03 PM

10:03 PM

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

9:06 PM Golden hour
10:03 PM Sunset
10:51 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

New moon

1% lit

4:32 AM – 9:56 PM

NE WNW
4:32 AM Moonrise
5:13 AM 4°
1:27 PM Highest, 52°
9:22 PM 4°
9:56 PM 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, new moon

4:32 AM Moonrise
5:13 AM 4°
1:27 PM Highest, 52°
9:22 PM 4°
9:56 PM Moonset

Sunrise

5:38 AM Blue hour
6:26 AM Sunrise
7:22 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:06 PM Golden hour
10:03 PM Sunset
10:51 PM Blue hour ends
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