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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Bad Hersfeld, DE

2026-10-07 · times in Europe/Berlin · 50.87°N, 9.71°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:30 AM
Sunset6:46 PM
Day length11 h 15 min
End of civil twilight7:18 PM
End of nautical twilight7:56 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:35 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 46 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 07 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:42 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:25 AM
Moonset5:30 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.23°N, 144.74°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:15 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)10:01 AM7:15 PM2:38 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)10:20 AM6:38 PM2:29 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)12:58 AM4:39 PM8:49 AMVisible about 5.3 h after dark, highest 51° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:29 AM5:11 PM9:50 AMVisible about 4 h after dark, highest 40° toward the SE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:47 PM7:15 AM1:03 AMVisible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 41° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Bad Hersfeld is far enough from the equator for aurora. Planetary Kp is 2.7. Seeing it still needs a dark, clear sky.

NOAA OVATION aurora forecast map

NOAA SWPC OVATION model. Full aurora forecast

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