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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in San Francisco, CA

2026-10-07 · times in America/Los_Angeles · 37.77°N, 122.42°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:10 AM
Sunset6:43 PM
Day length11 h 33 min
End of civil twilight7:09 PM
End of nautical twilight7:39 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:10 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 28 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 34 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:44 AM

Moon

Moonrise4:01 AM
Moonset5:13 PM
Illumination9.4%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.42°N, 133.83°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:30 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:18 AM7:35 PM2:27 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)9:24 AM7:07 PM2:15 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:28 AM3:45 PM8:37 AMVisible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 59° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:47 AM4:28 PM9:37 AMVisible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:38 PM6:58 AM12:50 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 54° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. San Francisco 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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