Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Tuesday, April 20, 2027

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Active, around 8 an hour

Best around 5:01 AM

Radiant climbs to
63°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
15% lost
Speed
49 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.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

That morning

Sunrise

6:45 AM

6:45 AM

6:01 AM Blue hour
6:45 AM Sunrise
7:39 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

9:31 PM

9:31 PM

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

8:37 PM Golden hour
9:31 PM Sunset
10:16 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Pink Moon

Rises 10:20 PM in the SE

10:20 PM – 6:16 AM

Named for creeping phlox, a pink wildflower among the first to bloom in spring.

SE SW
10:20 PM Moonrise
11:00 PM 4°
2:18 AM Highest, 14°
5:37 AM 4°
6:16 AM Moonset

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

Rises
10:20 PM in the SE
Exactly full
2:24 PM
Distance
238,165 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.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:01 AM–6:45 AM
  • Moonset 6:08 AM
  • Morning best color 6:30 AM
  • Sunrise 6:45 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:45 AM–7:39 AM
  • Evening golden hour 8:37 PM–9:31 PM
  • Sunset 9:31 PM
  • Evening blue hour 9:31 PM–10:16 PM
  • Evening best color 9:47 PM
  • Moonrise 10:21 PM
  • Fully dark 12:37 AM–3:35 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Lyrids Around 13 an hour
Wed 21 Apr 2027 5:03 AM New moon No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Wed 5 May 2027 3:06 AM Full Flower Moon Rises 10:57 PM in the SE Wed 19 May 2027 10:57 PM New moon No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Thu 3 Jun 2027 11:48 AM Full Strawberry Moon Rises 12:01 AM in the SSE Sat 19 Jun 2027 12:01 AM Summer solstice Longest day, 18h 07m of light · sunset 11:15 PM in the NW Mon 21 Jun 2027 6:10 AM 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