Sun and twilight
- Sunset
- Civil twilight ends
- Nautical twilight ends
- Astronomical darkness
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- Sunrise
Canada · 49.90°N, 97.14°W · times in America/Winnipeg
Monday 26 October 2026. Sunset , properly dark from until . The Moon is waning gibbous, 98% lit, and it is up through all of tonight's darkness.
98%
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.
Find real darkness. Even a short drive away from street lighting makes a big difference: the Milky Way needs a sky where you cannot read by the glow on the horizon. Look for a site with an open view low down in the direction you are interested in.
Day Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Full dark · bars show when each body is above the horizon
Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 56° up in the south-southeast.
Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 51° up in the south-southeast.
Evening: from low in the east-southeast, sets around in the west.
Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 61° up in the south.
Evening: from low in the east-southeast 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.
| Date | Appears | Highest | Disappears | Visible for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct | ENE | 46° ENE | E | 2.6 min |
| Tue 27 Oct | WNW | 60° SSW | SE | 6.5 min |
| Wed 28 Oct | E | 14° E | E | 0.5 min |
| Wed 28 Oct | W | 79° S | ESE | 4.5 min |
| Thu 29 Oct | E | 44° E | ESE | 2.4 min |
| Thu 29 Oct | W | 30° SSW | SSE | 5.7 min |
| Fri 30 Oct | E | 12° E | E | 0.3 min |
| Fri 30 Oct | WSW | 43° SSW | SE | 4.0 min |
| Sat 31 Oct | SE | 33° SE | SE | 2.1 min |
| Sat 31 Oct | WSW | 14° SW | S | 3.8 min |
| Sun 1 Nov | SW | 21° SW | SSE | 2.6 min |
| Mon 2 Nov | SSE | 15° SSE | SSE | 0.8 min |
The International Space Station looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky in a few minutes. Passes are computed from the latest orbital elements (epoch 2026-10-25); the station's orbit is adjusted from time to time, so a pass can shift by a minute or more. It may also fade suddenly when it enters Earth's shadow.
| Night of | Sunset | Dark | Moon | Moonrise / set | Moon-free dark | Planets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct | – | 94% | ↑ ↓ | — | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Wed 28 Oct | – | 87% | ↑ | — | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Thu 29 Oct | – | 79% | ↑ ↓ | 25 min | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Fri 30 Oct | – | 68% | ↑ ↓ | 1 h 40 min | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Sat 31 Oct | – | 57% | ↑ ↓ | 3 h 05 min | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Sun 1 Nov | – | 46% | ↑ ↓ | 4 h 35 min | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn | |
| Mon 2 Nov | – | 35% | ↑ ↓ | 5 h 55 min | 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 55° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 6 meteors an hour.
Moon 12% at peak
Best on the night of Thu 12 Nov around , when the radiant is 62° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 4 meteors an hour.
Moon 11% at peak
Best on the night of Tue 17 Nov around , when the radiant is 55° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 12 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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