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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in South Portland Gardens, ME

2026-10-07 · times in America/New_York · 43.64°N, 70.32°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise6:45 AM
Sunset6:11 PM
Day length11 h 26 min
End of civil twilight6:40 PM
End of nautical twilight7:13 PM
End of astronomical twilight7:46 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 36 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 25 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:11 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:15 AM
Moonset4:45 PM
Illumination9.4%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.41°N, 134.53°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:33 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:02 AM6:54 PM1:59 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)9:12 AM6:23 PM1:48 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)12:44 AM3:33 PM8:08 AMVisible about 5 h after dark, highest 56° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:07 AM4:12 PM9:09 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 43° toward the SE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:09 PM6:32 AM12:22 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 48° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

South Portland Gardens is far enough from the equator for aurora. Planetary Kp is 2.7. Seeing it still needs a dark, clear sky.

NOAA OVATION aurora forecast map

NOAA SWPC OVATION model. Full aurora forecast

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