Sun 27 December · Bodrum
A dark-sky window opens.
Properly dark 19:33–06:49 · 11h 16m
waning gibbous · 81% lit · 2h 39m 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 04:42High in the small hours (around 04:42) — 66° in the south.
- MarsBest 05:39High in the small hours (around 05:39) — 64° in the south.
- SaturnBest 19:33High in the south — 54° as darkness falls (19:33), then sinking through the night.
- VenusBest 06:49Low in the southeast, still climbing when the sky brightens at 06:49 — only 22°.
Twilight stages & sun times +
- Sunset18:00
- Civil twilight ends18:29
- Nautical twilight ends19:01
- Fully dark19:33
- First light06:49
- Nautical twilight (dawn)07:21
- Civil twilight (dawn)07:53
- Sunrise08:22
All times GMT+3 (local). Moon-free windows: 19:33–22:12.
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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