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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Leland, NC

2026-10-07 · times in America/New_York · 34.26°N, 78.04°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset6:48 PM
Day length11 h 37 min
End of civil twilight7:13 PM
End of nautical twilight7:42 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:11 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 24 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 38 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:48 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:59 AM
Moonset5:09 PM
Illumination9%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.00°N, 157.67°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,604 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (20:08 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:14 AM7:45 PM2:30 PMVisible about 0.3 h after dark, highest 6° toward the SW.
Venus (mag -4.6)9:18 AM7:19 PM2:19 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:39 AM3:39 PM8:39 AMVisible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 61° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:56 AM4:25 PM9:40 AMVisible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 46° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:42 PM7:00 AM12:53 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 58° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. Leland 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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