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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in San Francisco, CA?
Waxing Gibbous moon at 88%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.3. Calculated for 37.77°, -122.42°.
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury — brightest: Venus at mag -4.3 in Leo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 San Francisco, CA — Sunday, July 26
Tonight's sky above San Francisco, CA
Above San Francisco, CA tonight, the sky is a live system: the Moon's illumination, which planets have cleared the horizon, and whether Earth's magnetosphere is quiet or churning all change hour by hour.
Above San Francisco, CA tonight (37.77°, -122.42°), expect a waxing gibbous moon at 88% illumination. The night gives 6.3 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 37.8°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach San Francisco, CA.
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