Lofoten Islands, Norway

Saturday, September 5, 2026

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Lofoten Islands, Norway Saturday 5 September 2026 High 55°F, low 47°F.

Rocket launch

Spectrum | Onward and Upward

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 10:12 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNE
Heading your way
When
10:12 PM
Highest around 10:21 PM
Distance
76 mi
Climbs to
59°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Orbital Launch Pad
Andøya Spaceport

The sun is far enough down that the ground is dark and still high enough to light the plume: exhaust expanding into near-vacuum turns into a glowing bell visible for hundreds of miles.

That morning

Sunrise

Low

5:45 AM

Very LowExcellent
4:41 AM Blue hour
5:02 AM Best color
5:45 AM Sunrise
7:00 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 25 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Sunset

Low

8:21 PM

Very LowExcellent

Rated Very Low by the people who watched it.

7:05 PM Golden hour
7:46 PM Best color
8:21 PM Sunset
9:24 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 30 camera photos of past sunsets here.

That night

Aurora chance

Excellent

9:09 PM – 5:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:09 PM Dark enough
5:00 AM Too light

Moon

Last quarter

38% lit

Above the horizon all day

How this day turned out

Morning
51°F
Mainly clear 25% clouds · no rain
Afternoon
55°F
Partly cloudy 35% clouds · no rain
Evening
52°F
Partly cloudy 2% clouds · no rain

Sunrise

4:41 AM Blue hour
5:02 AM Best color
5:45 AM Sunrise
7:00 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:05 PM Golden hour
7:46 PM Best color
8:21 PM Sunset
9:24 PM Blue hour ends

Aurora window

9:09 PM Dark enough
5:00 AM Too light
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