Sun 27 December · Athens
A dark-sky window opens.
Properly dark 18:46–06:05 · 11h 19m
waning gibbous · 81% lit · 2h 40m of moon-free darkness
How we’d play it
A genuinely dark window — galaxies and nebulae are on the menu, and Jupiter, Mars and Saturn are well-placed for the eyepiece. The kind of night we plan a full session around.
Plan a night with us →Worth looking at
- JupiterBest 03:58High in the small hours (around 03:58) — 66° in the south.
- MarsBest 04:40High in the small hours (around 04:40) — 63° in the south.
- SaturnBest 18:46High in the south — 53° as darkness falls (18:46), then sinking through the night.
- VenusBest 06:05Low in the southeast, still climbing when the sky brightens at 06:05 — only 22°.
Twilight stages & sun times +
- Sunset17:12
- Civil twilight ends17:41
- Nautical twilight ends18:14
- Fully dark18:46
- First light06:05
- Nautical twilight (dawn)06:37
- Civil twilight (dawn)07:10
- Sunrise07:40
All times EET (local). Moon-free windows: 18:46–21:26.
Not tonight?
Darker nights suit galaxies and nebulae. The Moon thins out toward the end of the week.
Coming up
- Quadrantids meteor showerSun 3 January · Peak night. Sharp peak, up to ~40/hour — brief but rich.in 7 days
- Annular solar eclipseSat 6 February · Only visible along a narrow track on Earth — check whether it passes near you (never look at the Sun unprotected).in 6 weeks
- Penumbral lunar eclipseSat 20 February · A shadow crosses part of the Moon — visible wherever the Moon is up at the time.in 8 weeks
- Lyrids meteor showerThu 22 April · Peak night. Modest but reliable, ~15/hour.in 17 weeks
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We bring the telescope, and we read the sky for you — so the night lands on the right hour.
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