Kiruna, Sweden

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Kiruna, Sweden

That morning

Sunrise

9:25 AM

9:25 AM

Clears the hills at 9:28 AM, 3 min after sunrise

Sunset

1:24 PM

1:24 PM

Behind the hills at 12:30 PM, 54 min before sunset

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

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:09 AM

Very LowExcellent
2:54 PM Dark enough
8:29 PM Moonset
12:09 AM Best
8:00 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
46°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

Waxing crescent

35% lit

1:09 PM – 8:29 PM

SE SW
1:09 PM Moonrise
2:09 PM 4°
4:48 PM Highest, 9°
7:28 PM 4°
8:29 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:56 AM–9:25 AM
  • Sunrise 9:25 AM
  • Moonrise 1:10 PM
  • Sunset 1:24 PM
  • Evening blue hour 1:24 PM–2:54 PM
  • Fully dark 5:17 PM–5:35 AM
  • Moonset 8:29 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:37 PM–5:35 AM

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