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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Wallingford Center, CT

2026-10-07 · times in America/New_York · 41.45°N, 72.82°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise6:54 AM
Sunset6:22 PM
Day length11 h 28 min
End of civil twilight6:50 PM
End of nautical twilight7:22 PM
End of astronomical twilight7:54 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 33 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 29 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:23 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:29 AM
Moonset4:54 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.21°N, 146.10°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:20 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:07 AM7:09 PM2:09 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)9:16 AM6:40 PM1:58 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)1:00 AM3:36 PM8:18 AMVisible about 5 h after dark, highest 57° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:22 AM4:17 PM9:19 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 44° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:20 PM6:41 AM12:32 AMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 50° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Wallingford Center 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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