Mon 28 December · Bodrum
A dark-sky window opens.
Properly dark 19:34–06:49 · 11h 16m
waning gibbous · 72% lit · 3h 48m 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 04:43High in the small hours (around 04:43) — 66° in the south.rises 21:53sets 11:20highest 04:43 (66°)
- MarsBest 05:25High in the small hours (around 05:25) — 64° in the south.rises 22:53sets 12:04highest 05:25 (64°)
- SaturnBest 19:34High in the south — 54° as darkness falls (19:34), then sinking through the night.rises 13:10sets 01:20highest 19:34 (54°)
- VenusBest 06:49Low in the southeast, still climbing when the sky brightens at 06:49 — only 22°.rises 04:39sets 15:13highest 06:49 (22°)
Twilight stages & sun times +
- Sunset18:00
- Civil twilight ends18:29
- Nautical twilight ends19:02
- Fully dark19:34
- First light06:49
- Nautical twilight (dawn)07:21
- Civil twilight (dawn)07:53
- Sunrise08:22
All times GMT+3 (local). Moon-free windows: 19:34–23:22.
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
- Quadrantids meteor showerSun 3 January · Peak night. Sharp peak, up to ~40/hour — brief but rich.in 6 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 16 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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