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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Greensboro, NC

2026-10-07 · times in America/New_York · 36.07°N, 79.79°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset6:54 PM
Day length11 h 35 min
End of civil twilight7:19 PM
End of nautical twilight7:49 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:19 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 26 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 36 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:54 AM

Moon

Moonrise4:05 AM
Moonset5:18 PM
Illumination9.4%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.43°N, 133.78°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:30 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:24 AM7:48 PM2:37 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)9:29 AM7:22 PM2:26 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:42 AM3:50 PM8:46 AMVisible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 60° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:59 AM4:35 PM9:47 AMVisible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 46° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:49 PM7:07 AM1:00 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 56° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. Greensboro 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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