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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Letchworth Garden City, ENG

2026-10-07 · times in Europe/London · 51.98°N, 0.23°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset6:24 PM
Day length11 h 13 min
End of civil twilight6:58 PM
End of nautical twilight7:37 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:16 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 49 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 04 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:21 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:04 AM
Moonset5:12 PM
Illumination9.4%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.42°N, 134.10°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:31 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:44 AM6:51 PM2:18 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)10:04 AM6:12 PM2:08 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)12:33 AM4:23 PM8:28 AMVisible about 5.3 h after dark, highest 50° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:05 AM4:54 PM9:30 AMVisible about 4 h after dark, highest 39° toward the SE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:26 PM6:55 AM12:43 AMVisible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 40° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Letchworth Garden City 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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