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East Kilbride · January 2027

Northern lights in East Kilbride in January 2027

Answer

January gives East Kilbride 14.7 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 2nd darkest of its 12 months, under 80% mean cloud. 21% of January days since 1996 reached Kp 4, enough for the oval edge to reach East Kilbride.
14.6 h
civil night, average night
SunCalc for 55.76, -4.18; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

January against the rest of the year

January cloud at East Kilbride averages 80% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 4 points cloudier than its yearly mean. April is East Kilbride's clearest month at 71%. By civil night times clear sky, January scores 2.9 hours at East Kilbride, 4th of 12. Glasgow, 12 km away, averages the same 80%.

Civil night at East Kilbride starts January at 15 h 11 min and reaches 13 h 54 min by January 31, 1.3 hours shorter. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 11.7 hours on the 15th.

January night by night

January opens toward a new moon on Jan 7, with full moon on Jan 22, in Europe/London dates. East Kilbride gets 254 hours of civil night with the moon below the horizon across the month. The best of them for moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM: Jan 1 (4 h), Jan 2 (4 h), Jan 3 (4 h).

  1. 1

    28% lit

    11.2 h

  2. 2

    20% lit

    12.6 h

  3. 3

    13% lit

    13.8 h

  4. 4

    7% lit

    14.9 h

  5. 5

    3% lit

    15.1 h

  6. 6

    1% lit

    15.1 h

  7. 7

    0% lit

    15.0 h

  8. 8

    1% lit

    15.0 h

  9. 9

    4% lit

    14.1 h

  10. 10

    9% lit

    12.8 h

  11. 11

    15% lit

    11.5 h

  12. 12

    22% lit

    10.2 h

  13. 13

    31% lit

    8.8 h

  14. 14

    41% lit

    7.5 h

  15. 15

    52% lit

    6.0 h

  16. 16

    62% lit

    4.5 h

  17. 17

    73% lit

    3.0 h

  18. 18

    83% lit

    1.4 h

  19. 19

    91% lit

    0.3 h

  20. 20

    96% lit

    0.0 h

  21. 21

    100% lit

    0.0 h

  22. 22

    100% lit

    0.0 h

  23. 23

    97% lit

    0.9 h

  24. 24

    91% lit

    2.5 h

  25. 25

    84% lit

    4.0 h

  26. 26

    75% lit

    5.5 h

  27. 27

    65% lit

    6.9 h

  28. 28

    55% lit

    8.3 h

  29. 29

    45% lit

    9.6 h

  30. 30

    35% lit

    10.9 h

  31. 31

    26% lit

    12.1 h

Each cell is the night that starts on that date. Hours are civil-dark time with the moon below the horizon; the green rule scales with them. Green outline: new moon. Bone outline: full moon.

Activity in past Januarys

East Kilbride needs Kp 4 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 196 of the 930 January days from 1996 to 2025 (21%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, one of the three quietest months for that level; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 6%. East Kilbride sits at 58.1 degrees geomagnetic. By SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead at Kp 4, and aurora is usually visible on the northern horizon at G1 (Kp 5) or less.

January across United Kingdom

East Kilbride ranks 5th in United Kingdom for civil night on January 15, behind Isle of Lewis at 15.1 hours. Coming from December (15.3 hours at East Kilbride), January loses darkness, and February brings shorter nights (12.9 hours on the 15th).

Civil night on January 15 and January cloud, month-page towns in United Kingdom
TownCivil nightCloud
Isle of Lewis15.1 h89%
Aberdeen14.9 h79%
Edinburgh14.8 h79%
Dundee14.8 h82%
East Kilbride14.7 h80%
Glasgow14.7 h80%
Belfast14.6 h81%
Newcastle upon Tyne14.6 h79%
Sunderland14.6 h79%
Middlesbrough14.6 h79%
Manchester, England14.5 h82%
Leeds14.5 h76%

Darkness and moon, every night

East Kilbride, January 2027: each night from local noon to the next noon
NightCivilAstronomicalMoon-free darkMoon-free, 10 PM to 2 AMMoon lit
Fri Jan 115 h 11 min12 h 5 min11 h 14 min4 h28%
Sat Jan 215 h 10 min12 h 4 min12 h 35 min4 h20%
Sun Jan 315 h 8 min12 h 3 min13 h 51 min4 h13%
Mon Jan 415 h 7 min12 h 1 min14 h 57 min4 h7%
Tue Jan 515 h 5 min12 h15 h 5 min4 h3%
Wed Jan 615 h 4 min11 h 59 min15 h 4 min4 h1%
Thu Jan 715 h 2 min11 h 57 min15 h 2 min4 h0%
Fri Jan 815 h11 h 56 min15 h4 h1%
Sat Jan 914 h 58 min11 h 54 min14 h 6 min4 h4%
Sun Jan 1014 h 56 min11 h 52 min12 h 46 min4 h9%
Mon Jan 1114 h 54 min11 h 50 min11 h 28 min4 h15%
Tue Jan 1214 h 51 min11 h 48 min10 h 9 min4 h22%
Wed Jan 1314 h 49 min11 h 46 min8 h 50 min3 h 1 min31%
Thu Jan 1414 h 46 min11 h 44 min7 h 29 min1 h 40 min41%
Fri Jan 1514 h 44 min11 h 42 min6 h 2 min14 min52%
Sat Jan 1614 h 41 min11 h 40 min4 h 31 min0 min62%
Sun Jan 1714 h 39 min11 h 38 min2 h 57 min0 min73%
Mon Jan 1814 h 36 min11 h 35 min1 h 27 min0 min83%
Tue Jan 1914 h 33 min11 h 33 min16 min0 min91%
Wed Jan 2014 h 30 min11 h 30 min0 min0 min96%
Thu Jan 2114 h 27 min11 h 28 min0 min0 min100%
Fri Jan 2214 h 24 min11 h 25 min0 min0 min100%
Sat Jan 2314 h 21 min11 h 22 min56 min0 min97%
Sun Jan 2414 h 18 min11 h 20 min2 h 32 min0 min91%
Mon Jan 2514 h 14 min11 h 17 min4 h 1 min0 min84%
Tue Jan 2614 h 11 min11 h 14 min5 h 28 min51 min75%
Wed Jan 2714 h 8 min11 h 11 min6 h 52 min2 h 17 min65%
Thu Jan 2814 h 4 min11 h 8 min8 h 15 min3 h 42 min55%
Fri Jan 2914 h 1 min11 h 5 min9 h 37 min4 h45%
Sat Jan 3013 h 57 min11 h 1 min10 h 56 min4 h35%
Sun Jan 3113 h 54 min10 h 58 min12 h 5 min4 h26%
Moon lit: SunCalc illuminated fraction at the middle of the 10 PM to 2 AM window.

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in East Kilbride in January?
On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 31 of 31 nights at East Kilbride have civil darkness, and 21% of past January days reached Kp 4.
How dark is East Kilbride in January?
East Kilbride averages 14.6 hours of civil night a night in January 2027, from 15 h 11 min on the 1st to 13 h 54 min on the last night.
How cloudy is East Kilbride in January?
NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives East Kilbride's 1 degree cell 80% mean cloud in January, against 76% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in January 2027 for aurora in East Kilbride?
By darkness and moon alone, Jan 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at East Kilbride. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is January or February better in East Kilbride?
By civil night times the clear share, January scores 2.9 hours at East Kilbride and February 3.1. February comes out ahead.

Sources and verification

Quoted figures last checked against their sources on 2026-09-30; next review 2026-12-31. Computed figures come from SunCalc and the IGRF-14 dipole as described in the methodology. Every quote is listed in the sources ledger.