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YOUR OBSERVING COMPANION

A night worth looking up.

Find your window. Choose your place. Meet the night sky.

UTC · 22:00 local
OBSERVING OUTLOOK

Checking the skies…

Looking up your local weather.

—OUT OF 100
ASTRONOMICAL NIGHT
THE SKY ABOVE LONDON
ArcturusVegaCapellaMoonSaturnNSEW
North up · looking overhead
Cloud cover
—Less cloud, more sky
Moon illumination
98%Full Moon
Wind speed
—At 10 m above ground
Humidity
—Watch for dew on optics
YOUR NIGHT, HOUR BY HOUREurope/London · Open-Meteo

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Planning score: cloud cover (80%) + darkness (20%), with up to 20 points deducted for an illuminated Moon above the horizon. Daylight scores 0. This is an estimate, not a seeing forecast.

CLOUDS, HAZE & DEW22:00 · Europe/London

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THE RHYTHM OF THE NIGHTNext events after your selected time
Next sunset18:4528 Sept
Full darkness begins20:3728 Sept
Full darkness ends05:0328 Sept
Next sunrise06:5628 Sept
Next moonrise18:5628 Sept
Next moonset09:1628 Sept

Times in Europe/London. Full darkness means the Sun is 18° below the horizon. At high latitudes some events may not occur. Terrain is not included.

ABOVE THE HORIZON
TONIGHT’S MOON

Full Moon

98% illuminated · 29° above the horizon

Bright moonlight can wash out faint galaxies and nebulae. Try lunar detail or bright planets.