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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Kanggye, KP

2026-10-08 · times in Asia/Pyongyang · 40.97°N, 126.59°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise6:37 AM
Sunset6:04 PM
Day length11 h 28 min
End of civil twilight6:32 PM
End of nautical twilight7:04 PM
End of astronomical twilight7:36 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 33 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 31 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:06 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:44 AM
Moonset4:46 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.20°N, 146.47°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)8:49 AM6:52 PM1:51 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)8:55 AM6:21 PM1:38 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)12:44 AM3:16 PM8:00 AMVisible about 5 h after dark, highest 57° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:04 AM3:57 PM9:00 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 44° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:00 PM6:21 AM12:13 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 51° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Kanggye 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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