Kiruna, Sweden

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Kiruna, Sweden

That morning

Sunrise

7:44 AM

7:44 AM

Clears the hills at 7:54 AM, 10 min after sunrise

6:47 AM Blue hour
7:44 AM Sunrise
9:09 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:05 PM

5:05 PM

Behind the hills at 4:57 PM, 8 min before sunset

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

3:39 PM Golden hour
5:05 PM Sunset
6:02 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 5:05 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:35 PM Dark enough
4:56 AM Moonrise
5:05 AM Best
6:18 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
37°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

The estimate 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Moon

Waning crescent

11% lit

2:53 AM – 4:16 PM

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2:53 AM Moonrise
3:38 AM 4°
9:42 AM Highest, 25°
3:35 PM 4°
4:16 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:53 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:47 AM–7:44 AM
  • Sunrise 7:44 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:44 AM–9:09 AM
  • Morning best color 8:31 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:39 PM–5:05 PM
  • Evening best color 4:00 PM
  • Moonset 4:16 PM
  • Sunset 5:05 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:05 PM–6:02 PM
  • Fully dark 8:11 PM–4:41 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:11 PM–4:41 AM

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