Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Thursday, November 23, 2028

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Kodiak, Alaska, USA

That morning

Sunrise

9:14 AM

9:14 AM

Clears the hills at 9:32 AM, 18 min after sunrise

8:27 AM Blue hour
9:14 AM Sunrise
10:30 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:38 PM

4:38 PM

Behind the hills at 3:56 PM, 42 min before sunset

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

3:21 PM Golden hour
4:38 PM Sunset
5:25 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:38 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:08 PM Dark enough
12:48 AM Moonset
1:38 AM Best
7:46 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
56°
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.

Event

Thanksgiving

US holiday

Thanksgiving in Kodiak - sunset at 4:38 PM

Evening from 4:38 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
4:38 PM
Sun toward SW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
51% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
SW, 2° up
at 4:08 PM

Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is a day of giving thanks for the harvest and the year, kept with a family meal - turkey, stuffing, cranberries and pumpkin pie. It recalls the harvest feast the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony shared with the Wampanoag in 1621.

Abraham Lincoln made it a national holiday in 1863, and since 1941 it has been the fourth Thursday.

Moon

First quarter

49% lit

1:53 PM – 12:48 AM

ESE WSW
1:53 PM Moonrise
2:23 PM 4°
7:19 PM Highest, 26°
12:17 AM 4°
12:48 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 8:27 AM–9:14 AM
  • Sunrise 9:14 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:14 AM–10:30 AM
  • Morning best color 9:25 AM
  • Moonrise 1:53 PM
  • Evening golden hour 3:21 PM–4:38 PM
  • Evening best color 4:20 PM
  • Sunset 4:38 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:38 PM–5:25 PM
  • Fully dark 7:01 PM–6:52 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:51 AM–6:52 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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 Partial solar eclipse 55.9% of the Sun covered
Sun 20 Apr 2042 7:41 PM Partial solar eclipse 74.7% of the Sun covered
Thu 9 Apr 2043 10:56 AM Partial solar eclipse 76.5% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 5:18 PM Partial solar eclipse 31.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 8:18 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it