Kiruna, Sweden

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Kiruna, Sweden

That morning

Sunrise

9:41 AM

9:41 AM

Sunset

1:11 PM

1:11 PM

Behind the hills at 12:15 PM, 56 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 11:56 PM

Very LowExcellent
2:41 PM Dark enough
11:56 PM Best
1:22 AM Moonset
8:16 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
11% lost
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 gibbous

64% lit

12:32 PM – 1:22 AM

E W
12:32 PM Moonrise
1:13 PM 4°
6:52 PM Highest, 24°
12:38 AM 4°
1:22 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 8:05 AM–9:41 AM
  • Sunrise 9:41 AM
  • Moonrise 12:33 PM
  • Sunset 1:11 PM
  • Evening blue hour 1:11 PM–2:46 PM
  • Fully dark 5:12 PM–5:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:32 AM–5:42 AM

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