Northern lights tonight in Mosjøen

Live hourly aurora score for Mosjøen, Norway: NOAA activity, cloud cover, darkness and the moon, with the nearest webcams.

Nordland, Norway, 65.84°N 13.19°ELofoten Islands guide

Nearest webcams

Closest cameras first, including road and weather cameras within about 400 km.

Northern lights in Mosjøen: what to expect

Latitude
65.84° N
Magnetic latitude
64.5°
Kp needed
1+
Clear-night chance
~60%

Mosjøen lies at 65.84° N in Nordland, Norway, about 80 km south of the Arctic Circle. With a geomagnetic latitude of about 64.5°, it sits under the auroral oval: even quiet nights (Kp 1–2) can bring aurora overhead. Over the long term, a dark, clear night here has roughly a 60% chance of some visible aurora.

Nights with at least two hours of real darkness run from late August to mid-April. Around midsummer the sun does not set at all (mid-June to late June), and the light nights either side rule out aurora. Around the winter solstice the sun is more than 12° below the horizon for about 15.5 hours a day.

Clouds decide most nights. The hourly score above uses the live cloud forecast for this exact spot; for trip planning, the Lofoten Islands guide (273 km away) covers the best months and clear-night odds for the wider region.

Coordinates: Wikipedia. Magnetic latitude, Kp and darkness are calculated from them; the clear-night chance is a long-term average, not a forecast.