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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Front Royal, VA

2026-10-07 · times in America/New_York · 38.92°N, 78.19°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:14 AM
Sunset6:46 PM
Day length11 h 32 min
End of civil twilight7:12 PM
End of nautical twilight7:43 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:14 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 29 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 33 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:46 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:55 AM
Moonset5:13 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.23°N, 144.87°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:15 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:23 AM7:36 PM2:30 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)9:30 AM7:08 PM2:19 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:29 AM3:51 PM8:40 AMVisible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 59° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:48 AM4:33 PM9:41 AMVisible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:42 PM7:02 AM12:54 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 53° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. Front Royal 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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