Can you see the northern lights in Mo i Rana in June?

Not in June 2027. The sun stays above -6 degrees every night at Mo i Rana, so there is no civil darkness.

How dark is Mo i Rana in June?

Mo i Rana averages 0.0 hours of civil night a night in June 2027, from 0 min on the 1st to 0 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Mo i Rana in June?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Mo i Rana's 1 degree cell 81% mean cloud in June, against 80% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

What is the best night in June 2027 for aurora in Mo i Rana?

No night in June 2027 has moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Mo i Rana.

Is June or July better in Mo i Rana?

By civil night times the clear share, June scores 0.0 hours at Mo i Rana and July 0.0. They are level.

Mo i Rana · June 2027

Northern lights in Mo i Rana in June 2027

Answer

Mo i Rana has no civil darkness in June 2027: the sun stays above -6 degrees on all 30 nights. SWPC notes that "It must also be dark so during the summer months at auroral latitudes, the midnight sun prevents auroral observations."

0.0 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 66.31, 14.14; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

June against the rest of the year

3.7

2.7

2.2

1.3

0.0

0.9

1.6

2.1

3.3

3.5

June cloud at Mo i Rana averages 81% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, close to its yearly mean of 80%. January is Mo i Rana's clearest month at 78%. By civil night times clear sky, June scores 0.0 hours at Mo i Rana, 10th of 12. Bodø, 108 km away, averages 78%, clearer by 3 points.

The sun never gets 6 degrees below the horizon at Mo i Rana in June 2027, so every night is twilight or daylight. July 15 is still without civil night at Mo i Rana.

June night by night

The moon runs its cycle as usual, new on Jun 4 and full on Jun 19, but with no civil night it makes no difference at Mo i Rana in June.

1
11% lit
no night
2
5% lit
no night
3
1% lit
no night
4
0% lit
no night
New
5
2% lit
no night
6
6% lit
no night
7
13% lit
no night
8
23% lit
no night
9
33% lit
no night
10
44% lit
no night
11
55% lit
no night
12
66% lit
no night
13
75% lit
no night
14
84% lit
no night
15
91% lit
no night
16
96% lit
no night
17
99% lit
no night
18
100% lit
no night
19
99% lit
no night
Full
20
97% lit
no night
21
93% lit
no night
22
87% lit
no night
23
80% lit
no night
24
72% lit
no night
25
63% lit
no night
26
53% lit
no night
27
43% lit
no night
28
33% lit
no night
29
23% lit
no night
30
14% lit
no night

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 Junes

Quiet activity already puts the oval edge over Mo i Rana, so storm days matter more: 73 of the 900 June days from 1996 to 2025 (8%) reached Kp 5, 9th of 12 months. Mo i Rana sits at 65.2 degrees geomagnetic, inside SWPC's 60 to 75 degree band, where aurora can be seen on more than half of all nights. No storm is needed: by SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead at Kp 1.

June across Norway

Mo i Rana ranks 6th in Norway for civil night on June 15, behind Kristiansand at 2.9 hours. Coming from May (0.0 hours at Mo i Rana), June changes little, and July holds about the same. The June solstice falls on June 21, 16:07 Mo i Rana time.

Civil night on June 15 and June cloud, month-page towns in Norway
Town	Civil night	Cloud
Kristiansand	2.9 h	69%
Stavanger	2.3 h	76%
Haugesund	1.8 h	74%
Drammen	1.4 h	68%
Oslo	1.1 h	68%
Mo i Rana	0.0 h	81%
Tromsø	0.0 h	81%
Bergen	0.0 h	74%
Trondheim	0.0 h	81%
Ålesund	0.0 h	82%
Bodø	0.0 h	78%
Hamar	0.0 h	70%

Darkness and moon, every night

Mo i Rana, June 2027: each night from local noon to the next noon
Night	Civil	Astronomical	Moon-free dark	Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM	Moon lit
Tue Jun 1	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	11%
Wed Jun 2	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	5%
Thu Jun 3	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1%
Fri Jun 4	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0%
Sat Jun 5	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2%
Sun Jun 6	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	6%
Mon Jun 7	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	13%
Tue Jun 8	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	23%
Wed Jun 9	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	33%
Thu Jun 10	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	44%
Fri Jun 11	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	55%
Sat Jun 12	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	66%
Sun Jun 13	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	75%
Mon Jun 14	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	84%
Tue Jun 15	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	91%
Wed Jun 16	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	96%
Thu Jun 17	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	99%
Fri Jun 18	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Sat Jun 19	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	99%
Sun Jun 20	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	97%
Mon Jun 21	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	93%
Tue Jun 22	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	87%
Wed Jun 23	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	80%
Thu Jun 24	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	72%
Fri Jun 25	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	63%
Sat Jun 26	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	53%
Sun Jun 27	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	43%
Mon Jun 28	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	33%
Tue Jun 29	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	23%
Wed Jun 30	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	14%

Moon lit: SunCalc illuminated fraction at the middle of the 10 PM to 2 AM window.

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Mo i Rana in June?: Not in June 2027. The sun stays above -6 degrees every night at Mo i Rana, so there is no civil darkness.
How dark is Mo i Rana in June?: Mo i Rana averages 0.0 hours of civil night a night in June 2027, from 0 min on the 1st to 0 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Mo i Rana in June?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Mo i Rana's 1 degree cell 81% mean cloud in June, against 80% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in June 2027 for aurora in Mo i Rana?: No night in June 2027 has moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Mo i Rana.
Is June or July better in Mo i Rana?: By civil night times the clear share, June scores 0.0 hours at Mo i Rana and July 0.0. They are level.

Sources and verification

SunCalchttps://github.com/mourner/suncalc
NASA POWER climatologyhttps://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/services/api/temporal/climatology/
GFZ Potsdam Kp indexhttps://kp.gfz.de/en/data
NOAA SWPC, Tips on viewing the aurorahttps://www.spaceweather.gov/content/tips-viewing-aurora

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.