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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Simele, IQ

2026-10-07 · times in Asia/Baghdad · 36.86°N, 42.85°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise6:08 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Day length11 h 35 min
End of civil twilight6:09 PM
End of nautical twilight6:39 PM
End of astronomical twilight7:09 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 26 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 34 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)4:43 AM

Moon

Moonrise2:30 AM
Moonset3:59 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.22°N, 145.34°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:17 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)8:14 AM6:36 PM1:26 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)8:22 AM6:11 PM1:17 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)12:30 AM2:42 PM7:36 AMVisible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 60° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)1:49 AM3:27 PM8:38 AMVisible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)5:39 PM5:59 AM11:47 PMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 55° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. Simele 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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