A dark-sky window opens.

Properly dark 21:51–04:40 · 6h 49m

waning crescent · 43% lit · 2h 25m of moon-free darkness

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How we’d play it

A genuinely dark window — galaxies and nebulae are on the menu, and Saturn is well-placed for the eyepiece. The kind of night we plan a full session around.

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Worth looking at

SaturnBest 04:40High in the south — 56° just before dawn (04:40), still rising as the sky brightens.rises 22:53sets 11:17highest 04:40 (56°)
MarsBest 04:40Low in the east, still climbing when the sky brightens at 04:40 — only 23°.rises 02:35sets 17:15highest 04:40 (23°)
VenusBest 20:12Low in the west — 22° as darkness falls (20:12), then dropping, a bright twilight object.rises 10:07sets 22:07highest 20:12 (22°)
MercuryBest 06:20Just catchable low before dawn in the east — a tricky one.rises 04:51sets 19:09highest 06:20 (16°)

Jupiter is below the horizon whenever the sky is dark.

Twilight stages & sun times +

Sunset20:12
Civil twilight ends20:40
Nautical twilight ends21:15
Fully dark21:51
First light04:40
Nautical twilight (dawn)05:17
Civil twilight (dawn)05:51
Sunrise06:20

All times GMT+3 (local). Moon-free windows: 21:51–00:16.

Sun, Moon & planet altitude +

Altitude across the night (GMT+3), 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 6 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 6 days
Partial lunar eclipseFri 28 August · A shadow crosses part of the Moon — visible wherever the Moon is up at the time.in 21 days
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

Show essentials

We bring the telescope, and we read the sky for you — so the night lands on the right hour.

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