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Tonight over Palo Alto

37.43° N · 122.11° W · updated  
Full
98% full
ISS01:03:13appears in
sunrise01:31:306:36 AM
darkness begins16:09:439:14 PM
Draconids40 daysOct 8 · moon 4%
full moon28d 4h 44mSep 26
new moon12d 15h 21mSep 10
equinox24d 12h 0mSep 22
solstice114 daysDec 21
lunar eclipse353 dayspenumbral · Aug 17 2027

Sun & Moon · today

Sunrise
6:36 AM
tomorrow 6:37 AM
Sunset
7:41 PM
tomorrow 7:39 PM
Daylight
13 h 4 m
136 s shorter than yesterday
Dark sky
9:13 PM
astronomical twilight ends
Moonrise
8:24 PM
transit 1:59 AM
Moonset
8:08 AM
later today

The Geocentric · live

plan view — compass bearing, east to the right · rings step ×10 in distance · solid = above the horizon, dashed = below · trails show the last hour of motion · comets are diamonds, tails pointing away from the sun · hover or tap any mark for its altitude and distance

moon 239,632 miles 0.002578 aualt 32.4°
sun 93,872,865 miles 1.009866 aubelow horizon
mercury 127,384,099 miles 1.370373 aubelow horizon
venus 53,326,350 miles 0.573674 aubelow horizon
mars 173,222,334 miles 1.863491 aualt 32.5°
jupiter 577,351,242 miles 6.211029 aualt 3.8°
saturn 801,780,466 miles 8.625394 aualt 49.6°
uranus 1,804,381,314 miles 19.411174 aualt 61.6°
neptune 2,693,857,887 miles 28.979985 aualt 42.0°
pluto 3,228,846,804 miles 34.735289 aubelow horizon
Halley 3,333,620,613 miles 35.862425 aualt 3.7°
Hale-Bopp 4,722,752,298 miles 50.806426 aubelow horizon
proxima 24,825,555,774,190 miles 267068.4 aubelow horizon

Today · light & dark

Twilight bands (USNO geometric definitions), sun and moon rise/set ticks, and the moving line is now.

Calculated with Skyfield, JPL's DE421 ephemeris and the Hipparcos star catalog (Credit: ESA).
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