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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Yamagata, JP

2026-10-08 · times in Asia/Tokyo · 38.23°N, 140.37°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise5:40 AM
Sunset5:11 PM
Day length11 h 31 min
End of civil twilight5:37 PM
End of nautical twilight6:08 PM
End of astronomical twilight6:39 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 30 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 34 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)4:13 AM

Moon

Moonrise2:48 AM
Moonset3:49 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.20°N, 146.43°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:22 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)7:49 AM6:03 PM12:56 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)7:52 AM5:34 PM12:43 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)11:55 PM2:14 PM7:05 AMVisible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 59° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)1:14 AM2:57 PM8:05 AMVisible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)5:06 PM5:26 AM11:14 PMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 54° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. Yamagata is too far from them to see regular aurora; it would take an extreme geomagnetic storm. See the live aurora forecast.

Nearby Locations

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