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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Beaver Dam, WI

2026-10-07 · times in America/Chicago · 43.46°N, 88.84°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise6:59 AM
Sunset6:25 PM
Day length11 h 26 min
End of civil twilight6:54 PM
End of nautical twilight7:27 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:00 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 36 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 26 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:26 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:33 AM
Moonset5:00 PM
Illumination9%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.00°N, 157.72°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,604 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (20:08 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:16 AM7:09 PM2:13 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)9:26 AM6:38 PM2:02 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)12:59 AM3:46 PM8:23 AMVisible about 5 h after dark, highest 56° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:21 AM4:25 PM9:23 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 43° toward the SE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:23 PM6:45 AM12:36 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 48° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Beaver Dam 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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