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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Chartres, FR

2026-10-07 · times in Europe/Paris · 48.45°N, 1.49°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise8:01 AM
Sunset7:20 PM
Day length11 h 19 min
End of civil twilight7:52 PM
End of nautical twilight8:28 PM
End of astronomical twilight9:04 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 42 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 14 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)6:19 AM

Moon

Moonrise4:04 AM
Moonset6:00 PM
Illumination9%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.00°N, 157.47°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,604 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (20:07 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)10:27 AM7:55 PM3:11 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)10:43 AM7:20 PM3:01 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:41 AM5:02 PM9:22 AMVisible about 5.3 h after dark, highest 53° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)3:09 AM5:37 PM10:23 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 41° toward the SE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)7:21 PM7:47 AM1:36 AMVisible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 43° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Chartres 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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