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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Westwood Plateau, BC

2026-10-07 · times in America/Vancouver · 49.30°N, 122.79°W

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise7:20 AM
Sunset6:36 PM
Day length11 h 16 min
End of civil twilight7:08 PM
End of nautical twilight7:45 PM
End of astronomical twilight8:22 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 45 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 13 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)5:35 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:48 AM
Moonset5:23 PM
Illumination9.6%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.63°N, 122.40°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (17:43 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)9:47 AM7:09 PM2:29 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)10:01 AM6:32 PM2:17 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)12:54 AM4:22 PM8:38 AMVisible about 5.3 h after dark, highest 52° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)2:22 AM4:55 PM9:39 AMVisible about 3.8 h after dark, highest 40° toward the SE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)6:36 PM7:03 AM12:52 AMVisible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 43° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora possible

Westwood Plateau is far enough from the equator for aurora. Planetary Kp is 1.0. Seeing it still needs a dark, clear sky.

NOAA OVATION aurora forecast map

NOAA SWPC OVATION model. Full aurora forecast

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