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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in San Jose, CR

2026-10-07 · times in America/Costa_Rica · 9.93°N, 84.08°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise5:24 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Day length11 h 59 min
End of civil twilight5:44 PM
End of nautical twilight6:08 PM
End of astronomical twilight6:33 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 01 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 42 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)4:14 AM

Moon

Moonrise2:46 AM
Moonset3:20 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.19°N, 146.82°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:23 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)7:03 AM6:44 PM12:54 PMVisible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 14° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)6:57 AM6:28 PM12:43 PMVisible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 10° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)12:47 AM1:20 PM7:04 AMVisible about 4 h after dark, highest 59° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)1:52 AM2:17 PM8:04 AMVisible about 3 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)5:11 PM5:20 AM11:13 PMVisible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 82° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. San Jose 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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