Tonight in Berlin
A bright-moon night.
Properly dark 23:46–02:38 · 2h 52m
waning gibbous · 65% lit · No moon-free darkness — the Moon is up all night
How we’d play it
With the Moon this bright, we point at the Moon itself, Saturn — crisp, high-contrast targets that shine through the moonlight. Faint galaxies can wait for a darker night.
Plan a night with us →Worth looking at
- SaturnBest 02:38Well-placed in the southeast — 32° just before dawn (02:38), still rising as the sky brightens.rises 22:48sets 11:30highest 02:38 (32°)
- MercuryBest 05:32Just catchable low before dawn in the east — a tricky one.rises 03:53sets 19:53highest 05:32 (13°)
- VenusBest 20:53Low in the west — 11° as darkness falls (20:53), then dropping, a bright twilight object.rises 09:59sets 22:08highest 20:53 (11°)
Mars, Jupiter are below the horizon whenever the sky is dark.
Twilight stages & sun times +
- Sunset20:53
- Civil twilight ends21:34
- Nautical twilight ends22:29
- Fully dark23:46
- First light02:38
- Nautical twilight (dawn)03:56
- Civil twilight (dawn)04:51
- Sunrise05:32
All times CEST (local). Moon-free windows: none tonight.
Sun, Moon & planet altitude +
Altitude across the night (CEST), sunset to sunrise. A target is easy to observe when its curve is high during the shaded dark band. Tap “show planets” to overlay them.
Not tonight?
Darker nights suit galaxies and nebulae. The Moon thins out toward the end of the week.
Coming up
- Perseids meteor showerWed 12 August · Peak night. The summer favourite — up to ~100/hour, warm nights.in 8 days
- Total solar eclipseWed 12 August · Only visible along a narrow track on Earth — check whether it passes near you (never look at the Sun unprotected).in 8 days
- Partial lunar eclipseFri 28 August · A shadow crosses part of the Moon — visible wherever the Moon is up at the time.in 3 weeks
- Orionids meteor showerWed 21 October · Peak night. Halley’s Comet again, ~20/hour.in 11 weeks
- Leonids meteor showerTue 17 November · Peak night. Fast and bright, ~15/hour.in 15 weeks
We bring the telescope, and we read the sky for you — so the night lands on the right hour.
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