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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

2026-10-07 · times in America/Detroit · 42.44°N, 82.91°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:35 AM
Sunset7:02 PM
Day length11 h 27 min
End of civil twilight7:30 PM
End of nautical twilight8:03 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:35 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 34 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 27 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)6:03 AM

Moon

Moonrise4:10 AM
Moonset5:36 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.20°N, 146.59°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:22 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:50 AM7:48 PM2:49 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)9:59 AM7:17 PM2:38 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:38 AM4:19 PM8:59 AMVisible about 5 h after dark, highest 57° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)3:00 AM4:59 PM10:00 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 43° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)7:00 PM7:22 AM1:13 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 49° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Grosse Pointe Woods 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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