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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Thunder Bay, ON

2026-10-07 · times in America/Toronto · 48.38°N, 89.25°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise8:05 AM
Sunset7:23 PM
Day length11 h 18 min
End of civil twilight7:54 PM
End of nautical twilight8:30 PM
End of astronomical twilight9:07 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 43 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 15 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)6:22 AM

Moon

Moonrise4:28 AM
Moonset6:07 PM
Illumination9.4%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.44°N, 132.84°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:26 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)10:30 AM7:58 PM3:14 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)10:44 AM7:22 PM3:03 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:44 AM5:04 PM9:24 AMVisible about 5.3 h after dark, highest 53° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)3:11 AM5:39 PM10:25 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 41° toward the SE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)7:23 PM7:49 AM1:38 AMVisible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 43° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Thunder Bay 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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