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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Etwatwa, ZA

2026-10-07 · times in Africa/Johannesburg · 26.13°S, 28.45°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise5:39 AM
Sunset6:08 PM
Day length12 h 29 min
End of civil twilight6:32 PM
End of nautical twilight6:59 PM
End of astronomical twilight7:26 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)11 h 30 min
Fully dark sky tonight8 h 54 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)4:20 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:32 AM
Moonset3:13 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.20°N, 146.67°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:23 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)6:47 AM8:00 PM1:23 PMVisible about 1.3 h after dark, highest 19° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)6:28 AM7:59 PM1:14 PMVisible about 1.3 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)2:13 AM12:55 PM7:34 AMVisible about 2.5 h after dark, highest 31° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)3:04 AM2:06 PM8:35 AMVisible about 1.8 h after dark, highest 24° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)5:47 PM5:46 AM11:44 PMVisible about 10.8 h after dark, highest 62° toward the N.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. Etwatwa is too far from them to see regular aurora; it would take an extreme geomagnetic storm. See the live aurora forecast.

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