Sun 27 December · Kos
A dark-sky window opens.
Properly dark 18:34–05:49 · 11h 15m
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 03:43High in the small hours (around 03:43) — 67° in the south.rises 20:58sets 10:24highest 03:43 (67°)
- MarsBest 04:39High in the small hours (around 04:39) — 64° in the south.rises 21:57sets 11:08highest 04:39 (64°)
- SaturnBest 18:34High in the south — 54° as darkness falls (18:34), then sinking through the night.rises 12:15sets 00:24highest 18:34 (54°)
- VenusBest 05:49Low in the southeast, still climbing when the sky brightens at 05:49 — only 22°.rises 03:38sets 14:15highest 05:49 (22°)
Twilight stages & sun times +
- Sunset17:01
- Civil twilight ends17:30
- Nautical twilight ends18:02
- Fully dark18:34
- First light05:49
- Nautical twilight (dawn)06:21
- Civil twilight (dawn)06:53
- Sunrise07:22
All times EET (local). Moon-free windows: 18:34–21:13.
Sun, Moon & planet altitude +
Altitude across the night (EET), 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 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
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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