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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in San Juan Capistrano, CA

2026-10-07 · times in America/Los_Angeles · 33.50°N, 117.66°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise6:49 AM
Sunset6:26 PM
Day length11 h 37 min
End of civil twilight6:51 PM
End of nautical twilight7:20 PM
End of astronomical twilight7:49 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 23 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 38 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:27 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:46 AM
Moonset4:51 PM
Illumination9.6%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.64°N, 121.91°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (17:41 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)8:51 AM7:24 PM2:08 PMVisible about 0.3 h after dark, highest 6° toward the SW.
Venus (mag -4.6)8:54 AM6:59 PM1:57 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:19 AM3:16 PM8:18 AMVisible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 61° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:35 AM4:01 PM9:18 AMVisible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 47° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:20 PM6:38 AM12:31 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 58° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. San Juan Capistrano 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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