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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Adelaide, SA

2026-10-08 · times in Australia/Adelaide · 34.93°S, 138.60°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise6:43 AM
Sunset7:23 PM
Day length12 h 41 min
End of civil twilight7:49 PM
End of nautical twilight8:19 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:50 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)11 h 18 min
Fully dark sky tonight8 h 25 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:15 AM

Moon

Moonrise5:12 AM
Moonset5:00 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.23°N, 144.99°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:16 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)7:41 AM9:26 PM2:33 PMVisible about 1.3 h after dark, highest 19° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)7:15 AM9:25 PM2:20 PMVisible about 1.3 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)3:38 AM1:46 PM8:42 AMVisible about 2 h after dark, highest 24° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)4:24 AM3:01 PM9:42 AMVisible about 1.5 h after dark, highest 19° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:54 PM6:52 AM12:55 AMVisible about 10.5 h after dark, highest 53° toward the N.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. Adelaide is too far from them to see regular aurora; it would take an extreme geomagnetic storm. See the live aurora forecast.

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