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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Royal Oak, MI

2026-10-07 · times in America/Detroit · 42.49°N, 83.14°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:36 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Day length11 h 27 min
End of civil twilight7:31 PM
End of nautical twilight8:04 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:36 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 34 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 27 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)6:04 AM

Moon

Moonrise4:11 AM
Moonset5:37 PM
Illumination9.6%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.65°N, 121.39°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (17:38 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:51 AM7:48 PM2:50 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)10:00 AM7:18 PM2:39 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:39 AM4:20 PM9:00 AMVisible about 5 h after dark, highest 57° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)3:01 AM5:00 PM10:00 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 43° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)7:01 PM7:22 AM1:14 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 49° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Royal Oak is far enough from the equator for aurora. Planetary Kp is 1.0. Seeing it still needs a dark, clear sky.

NOAA OVATION aurora forecast map

NOAA SWPC OVATION model. Full aurora forecast

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