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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Castres, FR

2026-10-07 · times in Europe/Paris · 43.61°N, 2.24°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:55 AM
Sunset7:21 PM
Day length11 h 26 min
End of civil twilight7:50 PM
End of nautical twilight8:23 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:56 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 35 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 25 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)6:21 AM

Moon

Moonrise4:10 AM
Moonset5:51 PM
Illumination9.4%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.44°N, 132.87°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:26 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)10:11 AM8:05 PM3:08 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)10:23 AM7:34 PM2:58 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:54 AM4:43 PM9:19 AMVisible about 5 h after dark, highest 56° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)3:17 AM5:22 PM10:20 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 43° toward the SE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)7:20 PM7:42 AM1:33 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 48° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Castres 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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