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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Le Mans, FR

2026-10-07 · times in Europe/Paris · 48.00°N, 0.20°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise8:06 AM
Sunset7:26 PM
Day length11 h 20 min
End of civil twilight7:57 PM
End of nautical twilight8:33 PM
End of astronomical twilight9:09 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 42 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 15 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)6:24 AM

Moon

Moonrise4:11 AM
Moonset6:04 PM
Illumination9%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.00°N, 157.89°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,604 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (20:09 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)10:30 AM8:01 PM3:16 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)10:46 AM7:27 PM3:07 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:48 AM5:05 PM9:27 AMVisible about 5.3 h after dark, highest 53° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)3:15 AM5:41 PM10:28 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 41° toward the SE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)7:26 PM7:52 AM1:41 AMVisible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 44° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Le Mans 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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