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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in New Castle, IN

2026-10-07 · times in America/Indiana/Indianapolis · 39.93°N, 85.37°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:43 AM
Sunset7:14 PM
Day length11 h 30 min
End of civil twilight7:41 PM
End of nautical twilight8:12 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:43 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 31 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 31 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)6:14 AM

Moon

Moonrise4:24 AM
Moonset5:43 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.20°N, 146.17°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:21 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:54 AM8:03 PM2:59 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)10:02 AM7:34 PM2:48 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:55 AM4:22 PM9:09 AMVisible about 5 h after dark, highest 58° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)3:15 AM5:04 PM10:09 AMVisible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 44° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)7:10 PM7:31 AM1:22 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 52° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. New Castle 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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