Kerlingarfjöll stargazing forecast — Saturday, August 15

Best observing window tonight

Sun 2:00 a.m. – Sun 2:00 a.m. (1h, 10% mean cloud)

Astronomical night

Sat 9:37 p.m. → Sun 5:08 a.m.

Moon

Waxing crescent · 7% illuminated

Mean cloud (during night)

81%   (min 10%)

Site

Kerlingarfjöll is a rhyolite highland range in Iceland's Kjölur interior — Bortle 1 skies with aurora on nearly every clear winter night.

Drive from Toronto: ≈ 3 h from Reykjavík on the F35 (4x4 only, summer access only for self-drivers).

Best time of year: Late August through September for accessible highlands with dark nights; winter access is by super-jeep tour only.

Citations & data sources

• Open-Meteo Forecast API (cloud, humidity, wind, visibility)
• Open-Meteo astronomical data (sunrise, sunset, moon)
• Bortle scale reference for site darkness
• Editorial guide for Kerlingarfjöll: /sites/kerlingarfjoll.txt
• Structured site data: /sites/kerlingarfjoll.json
• Live MCP server (AI agents): https://koohxdehsweadgdegrly.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcp

This is a build-time snapshot — the live forecast at https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=kerlingarfjoll updates continuously.