Kiruna, Sweden

Saturday, October 17, 2026

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Kiruna, Sweden Saturday 17 October 2026

Meteor shower

Orionids

Active, around 5 an hour

Best around 5:16 AM

Radiant climbs to
38°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 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.

Halley's Comet again, from the other side of its orbit. Fast, and often leaves trains.

That morning

Sunrise

7:49 AM

7:49 AM

6:52 AM Blue hour
7:49 AM Sunrise
9:17 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:58 PM

4:58 PM

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

3:31 PM Golden hour
4:58 PM Sunset
5:56 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

First quarter

38% lit

Below the horizon all day

This day at a glance

Sunrise

6:52 AM Blue hour
7:49 AM Sunrise
9:17 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

3:31 PM Golden hour
4:58 PM Sunset
5:56 PM Blue hour ends
← Previous day Friday Fri, Oct 16
Next day → Sunday Sun, Oct 18

Upcoming celestial events for Kiruna, Sweden

Orionids Around 11 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:01 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 2:26 PM in the NE Sun 25 Oct 2026 2:26 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 5:50 PM to 4:50 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM Leonids Around 6 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:07 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 5:00 PM to 6:00 AM Tue 8 Dec 2026 1:50 AM Winter solstice The Sun does not rise Mon 21 Dec 2026 9:50 PM

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