Sun and twilight
- Sunset
- Civil twilight ends
- Nautical twilight ends
- Astronomical darkness
- –
- Sunrise
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Monday 26 October 2026. Sunset , properly dark from until . The Moon is waning gibbous, 99% lit, and it is up through all of tonight's darkness.
99%
Waning Gibbous
Times between local noon today and noon tomorrow; (+1) means after midnight.
A bright Moon tonight. Its light hides the Milky Way and fainter meteors. Use it instead: binoculars on the line between light and dark show craters in sharp relief.
Take it slowly. Start with what is easy, the Moon, bright planets and one or two constellations, and add a new pattern each clear night. Recognising the sky is learned the way you learn a neighbourhood.
Day Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Full dark · bars show when each body is above the horizon
–, highest around , 7° up in the west-southwest.
Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 68° up in the east-northeast.
Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 61° up in the east.
Evening: from low in the east, sets around in the west.
Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 80° up in the north.
Evening: from low in the east until .
"Visible" means at least 5° above the horizon (15° for Uranus and Neptune) while the Sun is more than 6° below it. Directions: N, NE, E… are compass points along the horizon.
| Night of | Sunset | Dark | Moon | Moonrise / set | Moon-free dark | Planets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct | – | 97% | ↑ ↓ | — | Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Wed 28 Oct | – | 91% | ↑ ↓ | 40 min | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Thu 29 Oct | – | 83% | ↑ ↓ | 1 h 45 min | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Fri 30 Oct | – | 74% | ↑ ↓ | 2 h 50 min | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Sat 31 Oct | – | 63% | ↑ ↓ | 3 h 55 min | Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Sun 1 Nov | – | 52% | ↑ | 4 h 55 min | Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Mon 2 Nov | – | 41% | ↑ ↓ | 5 h 50 min | Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn |
Illumination at local noon; ↑ moonrise, ↓ moonset, local time. Phase dates for the whole world: Moon phases October 2026.
Best on the night of Thu 5 Nov around , when the radiant is 85° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 7 meteors an hour.
Moon 12% at peak
Best on the night of Thu 12 Nov around , when the radiant is 78° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 5 meteors an hour.
Moon 11% at peak
Best on the night of Tue 17 Nov around , when the radiant is 69° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 14 meteors an hour, fewer this year because the Moon is 55% lit.
Moon 55% at peak
Rate = the shower's zenithal hourly rate × the sine of the radiant's altitude. Real counts are lower from towns and with moonlight; treat this as an upper guide.
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