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Stars Tonight in Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia

True darkness in Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia runs from about 7:06 PM GMT+3 to 5:59 AM GMT+3. The Moon is 🌘 waning crescent, 0% lit.

Brightest stars after dark

Position at 9 pm local time, calculated for 68.96°, 33.08°.

  • Vega (Lyra): look W, halfway up the sky (40° up)
  • Capella (Auriga): look E, halfway up the sky (45° up)
  • Altair (Aquila): look SW, low near the horizon (19° up)
  • Aldebaran (Taurus): look E, low near the horizon (22° up)
  • Pollux (Gemini): look NE, low near the horizon (16° up)
  • Deneb (Cygnus): look W, halfway up the sky (57° up)
  • Polaris (Ursa Minor): look N, high overhead (70° up)

Making the most of the night sky from Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia

Stars do not move relative to each other, but the whole sky turns as Earth rotates and shifts through the year as Earth orbits the Sun. That is why the brightest stars listed here change from month to month, and why a star that is overhead at 9 pm in winter is gone by summer. The positions above are worked out from your latitude and the time, so they hold for Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia specifically.

Give your eyes 20 minutes. Dark adaptation takes about that long, and a single glance at a phone screen resets it. Use a red light if you need to read a chart. Away from streetlights and with no Moon, you can see several thousand stars; under city lights, a few hundred.

To put names to what you see, open the interactive star map or the guide to all 88 constellations. For planets, meteors and the Milky Way tonight, see the Sky Tonight hub, and for the Moon's schedule here, the Moon page for Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia.

Questions

When is it fully dark in Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia tonight?

Astronomical darkness, when the Sun is more than 18° below the horizon, begins at about 7:06 PM GMT+3 and ends at about 5:59 AM GMT+3 in Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia. That is the best window for faint stars and the Milky Way.

What phase is the Moon over Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia tonight?

The Moon is waning crescent, about 0% illuminated. A bright Moon washes out faint stars, so the darkest star-gazing happens around new Moon.

What are the brightest stars to look for from Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia?

Around 9 pm local time the brightest well-placed stars include Vega (W, mid-sky), Capella (E, mid-sky), Altair (SW, low), Aldebaran (E, low).