Waning Moon Over Kastrup in the Night Rain

A quiet night watch on the Öresund Bridge, facing west across the strait toward Copenhagen and Kastrup. A 93%-lit waning gibbous moon hangs over a calm sea and a light drizzle that keeps the sky soft and gray. The whole scene unfolds in near-stillness, compressed into a ten-minute timelapse. The airport lights at Kastrup do most of the talking on the far shore. A few flights worth looking for: the SunExpress arrival from Izmir landed around 04:36 (running late), the Scandinavian arrival from Seoul touched down around 05:39 (also delayed), and a busy cluster of early departures left the pad around 06:00 — Lufthansa to Munich, KLM to Amsterdam, and Air France to Paris among them. The video carries a timestamp overlay, so scrub to a few minutes around those times to catch them. It's a small, slow clip: steady seas, a full-ish moon, a fine rain. Perfect for watching in the background while something else happens. Captured 2026-09-29 01:56–06:06 local time. 15,000 frames (4.2 real hours) compressed into 10.0 minutes — roughly 25x speed. Temperature: steady around 15°C. Wind: 0–7 km/h. Sea state: Calm (~0.1 m waves). Sea level (Drogden): 31–33 cm above normal, steady. 🌙 Waning Gibbous Moon overnight. Conditions: Light Rain throughout. 🚢 Maritime traffic nearby during this window: SOUND HORIZON (Unknown), SOUND PROSPECTOR (Unknown → MALMO), FINNTRADER (Unknown), BALTIC DREAM (Unknown). ✈️ Flights at Kastrup during this window (actual times - match against the video's timestamp to spot them): SunExpress XQ924 landing ~04:36 (Izmir), Jettime A/S JTD342 landing ~04:42 (Larnaca), SunExpress XQ925 departing ~05:25 (Izmir), Scandinavian Airlines SK988 landing ~05:39 (Seoul), Ryanair FR4020 departing ~05:45 (Alicante), Ryanair FR2619 departing ~05:50 (London/STN), Lufthansa LH2447 departing ~06:00 (Munich), Scandinavian Airlines SK585 departing ~06:00 (Palma Mallorca), KLM KL1266 departing ~06:00 (Amsterdam), Norwegian Air Sweden D83390 departing ~06:00 (Larnaca), Scandinavian Airlines SK587 departing ~06:00 (Malaga), Norwegian Air Sweden D83406 departing ~06:05 (Marrakech), Norwegian Air Sweden D83280 departing ~06:05 (Dubrovnik), Air France AF1351 departing ~06:05 (Paris/CDG). 🚧 Road work (Lane closure) at The High Bridge, Both directions - expected until 2026-10-19T21:59:00Z UTC. SV: Hastigheten är nedsatt genom arbetsområdet. Breda fordon (över 3,75 meter) och tunga transporter (över 100 ton) kan inte passera förbindelsen under arbetet. Tågtrafiken påverkas inte och kör som vanligt. Vi beklagar besväret och tackar för förståelsen. --- ENG: Speed is reduced through the work zone. Wide vehicles (over 3.75 metres) and heavy transports (over 100 tonnes) cannot use the crossing during the works. Rail traffic is not affected and runs as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. --- DK: Hastigheden er nedsat ved arbejdsområdet. Brede køretøjer (over 3,75 meter) og tunge transporter (over 100 ton) kan ikke passere forbindelsen under arbejdet. Togtrafikken påvirkes ikke og kører som normalt. Vi beklager ulejligheden og takker for forståelsen. ℹ️ Bridge status notice(s): Emergency Exercise on Øresundsbron 1/10 at 20:00–23:15 — Øresundsbron will be closed to motorway traffic in both directions on October 1, 2026 from 20:00 to 23:15 due to a full-scale emergency exercise. Øresund train services will run as normal. The exercise is a central element of the cross-border emergency preparedness work on the fixed link. | Replacement of expansion joints until the end of October — Two of Øresundsbron's largest expansion joints are being replaced simultaneously – a solution that shortens the total project time by a full year. The work is planned to affect road traffic as little as possible.... | Øresundsmotorvejen is being expanded — Øresundsmotorvejen will be expanded over the coming years to improve traffic flow, which today is often characterised by extensive queues and congestion during rush hours.... 🎵 Music: "Wind-Up Mountains" by Schwartzy (YouTube Audio Library) 🎵 Music: "Never Don't Stop" by Schwartzy (YouTube Audio Library) 🎵 Music: "There's Life Out There" by Cooper Cannell (YouTube Audio Library) 🎵 Music: "The Loner" by DJ Williams (YouTube Audio Library)