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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Brantford, ON

2026-10-07 · times in America/Toronto · 43.13°N, 80.27°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:25 AM
Sunset6:51 PM
Day length11 h 26 min
End of civil twilight7:19 PM
End of nautical twilight7:52 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:25 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 35 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 26 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:52 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:58 AM
Moonset5:25 PM
Illumination9.4%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.44°N, 133.24°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:27 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:41 AM7:35 PM2:38 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)9:50 AM7:04 PM2:27 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:25 AM4:11 PM8:48 AMVisible about 5 h after dark, highest 56° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:48 AM4:50 PM9:49 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 43° toward the SE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:49 PM7:11 AM1:02 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 49° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Brantford 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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