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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Burnie, TAS

2026-10-08 · times in Australia/Hobart · 41.06°S, 145.90°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise6:39 AM
Sunset7:29 PM
Day length12 h 50 min
End of civil twilight7:57 PM
End of nautical twilight8:30 PM
End of astronomical twilight9:04 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)11 h 09 min
Fully dark sky tonight7 h 58 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:02 AM

Moon

Moonrise5:17 AM
Moonset4:56 PM
Illumination9.4%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.43°N, 133.42°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:28 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)7:29 AM9:40 PM2:34 PMVisible about 1.3 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)7:00 AM9:42 PM2:21 PMVisible about 1.3 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)3:54 AM1:32 PM8:43 AMVisible about 1.8 h after dark, highest 18° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)4:35 AM2:51 PM9:43 AMVisible about 1 h after dark, highest 14° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:56 PM6:51 AM12:56 AMVisible about 10.3 h after dark, highest 47° toward the N.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Burnie 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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