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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in La Rochelle, FR

2026-10-07 · times in Europe/Paris · 46.16°N, 1.15°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise8:10 AM
Sunset7:33 PM
Day length11 h 23 min
End of civil twilight8:03 PM
End of nautical twilight8:37 PM
End of astronomical twilight9:12 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 39 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 20 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)6:32 AM

Moon

Moonrise4:20 AM
Moonset6:08 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.20°N, 146.58°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)10:31 AM8:12 PM3:22 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)10:45 AM7:39 PM3:12 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:59 AM5:04 PM9:32 AMVisible about 5 h after dark, highest 54° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)3:25 AM5:41 PM10:33 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 42° toward the SE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)7:32 PM7:57 AM1:47 AMVisible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 46° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

La Rochelle 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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