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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Irakleion, GR

2026-10-07 · times in Europe/Athens · 35.33°N, 25.14°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset6:55 PM
Day length11 h 36 min
End of civil twilight7:20 PM
End of nautical twilight7:49 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:19 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 25 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 36 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:55 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:46 AM
Moonset5:09 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.19°N, 147.24°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:25 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:23 AM7:50 PM2:37 PMVisible about 0.3 h after dark, highest 5° toward the SW.
Venus (mag -4.6)9:29 AM7:25 PM2:27 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:44 AM3:49 PM8:47 AMVisible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 60° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)3:02 AM4:35 PM9:48 AMVisible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 46° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:50 PM7:09 AM1:02 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 57° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. Irakleion 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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