Northern lights, Moon and night sky tonight
Tonight’s sky, wherever you are
One page to check before you go out: the aurora chance for your place, how dark and clear it will be, where the Moon is and what is worth looking at.
Can I see the northern lights tonight?
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Moon tonight
Waning gibbous
Illuminated: 82% · Age: 18.9 days
Moonrise 08:32 PM · Moonset 12:22 PM
Sunset 06:05 PM · Sunrise 07:48 AM
Planets visible tonight
| Altitude | Direction | mag | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | 20° | ESE | 0.4 |
07:05 PM
Visible ISS passes
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Coming up
Northern Taurids
Thursday, November 12
Leonids
Tuesday, November 17
Full Moon
Tuesday, November 24
Geminids
Monday, December 14
Ursids
Tuesday, December 22
Full Moon
Thursday, December 24
Tonight
Aurora forecast
Live northern lights forecast: current Kp index, 3-day Kp forecast from NOAA, the Kp you need for your latitude, and a clear yes/maybe/no for tonight.
Moon phase today
Today’s Moon phase, illumination and age, moonrise and moonset for your place, and the dates of the next new Moon, quarters and full Moon.
Planets visible tonight
Which planets can you see tonight? Live positions of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn for your location: direction, height above the horizon and brightness.
ISS passes and Starlink
When can you see the International Space Station tonight? Visible ISS passes for your location over the next three days, computed from NASA’s official trajectory data.
Meteor showers
Every major meteor shower of the year: peak dates computed for this year, meteors per hour, the Moon at peak and the comet each shower comes from.
Learn the night sky
Free lessons for beginners: how to find the North Star, read the Moon, spot planets and photograph the aurora, plus guides to the solar system, bright stars and all 88 constellations.