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Aurora Forecast

Published 3:30 am Sunday, February 5, 2023

Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File The Aurora Borealis glows over the Mendenhall Glacier in 2014.
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Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File

The Aurora Borealis glows over the Mendenhall Glacier in 2014.

Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File The Aurora Borealis glows over the Mendenhall Glacier in 2014.
The Aurora Borealis glows over the Mendenhall Glacier in 2014. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

This information comes from the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute. These forecasts — and more — are available online at www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast.

Sunday, Feb. 12

Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau. Moon phase: Waning Gibbous.

Monday, Feb. 13

Auroral activity will be moderate. Weather permitting, moderate displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to as far south as Talkeetna and visible low on the horizon as far south as Bethel, Soldotna and southeast Alaska. Moon phase: Waning Gibbous.

Tuesday, Feb. 14

Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau. Moon phase: Last Quarter.

Wednesday, Feb. 15

Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau. Moon phase: Last Quarter.

Thursday, Feb. 16

Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau. Moon phase: Last Quarter.

Friday, Feb. 17

Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau. Moon phase: Waning Crescent.

Saturday, Feb. 18

Auroral activity will be moderate. Weather permitting, moderate displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to as far south as Talkeetna and visible low on the horizon as far south as Bethel, Soldotna and southeast Alaska. Moon phase: Waning Crescent.

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