Mon 10 August · Munich
A dark-sky window opens.
Properly dark 22:46–03:51 · 5h 5m
waning crescent · 6% lit · 5h 5m of moon-free darkness
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.
Plan a night with us →Worth looking at
- SaturnBest 03:51Well-placed in the south — 43° just before dawn (03:51), still rising as the sky brightens.rises 22:35sets 11:10highest 03:51 (43°)
- MarsBest 03:51Low in the east, still climbing when the sky brightens at 03:51 — only 17°.rises 01:53sets 17:55highest 03:51 (17°)
- VenusBest 20:35Low in the west — 14° as darkness falls (20:35), then dropping, a bright twilight object.rises 10:18sets 21:59highest 20:35 (14°)
- MercuryBest 06:02Just catchable low before dawn in the east — a tricky one.rises 04:34sets 19:54highest 06:02 (13°)
Jupiter is below the horizon whenever the sky is dark.
Twilight stages & sun times +
- Sunset20:35
- Civil twilight ends21:11
- Nautical twilight ends21:55
- Fully dark22:46
- First light03:51
- Nautical twilight (dawn)04:43
- Civil twilight (dawn)05:27
- Sunrise06:02
All times CEST (local). Moon-free windows: 22:46–03:51.
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 2 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 2 days
- Partial lunar eclipseFri 28 August · A shadow crosses part of the Moon — visible wherever the Moon is up at the time.in 17 days
- Orionids meteor showerWed 21 October · Peak night. Halley’s Comet again, ~20/hour.in 10 weeks
- Leonids meteor showerTue 17 November · Peak night. Fast and bright, ~15/hour.in 14 weeks
We bring the telescope, and we read the sky for you — so the night lands on the right hour.
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