Fri, Jul 17
The Moon and Venus side by side on July 17, 2026 from Athens
Look west at Fri, Jul 17 9:28 PM, 17° up.
Only 1.8° apart: less than the width of your little finger at arm's length.
This has passed
Times are local (GMT+3).
"Worth looking up" alerts for Athens
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Athens: a very bright ISS pass, a Starlink train, a meteor shower peak, planets together, a supermoon or eclipse, or a bright comet. Only the city is stored, not your location.
Put Athens's sky in your calendar
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The Moon and Venus meet in the evening sky after sunset: two bright lights almost touching.
How to watch
- No equipment needed: look for two bright points unusually close together.
- Binoculars fit both in one view; a phone on night mode catches them over the horizon.
- They stay close for a few days around the date: a cloudy night is not the end.
Other cities
- IstanbulLook west at Fri, Jul 17 9:19 PM, 15° up
- CairoLook west at Fri, Jul 17 8:34 PM, 22° up
- RomeLook west at Fri, Jul 17 9:28 PM, 14° up
- ViennaLook west at Fri, Jul 17 9:44 PM, 9° up
- WarsawToo low in twilight here
- PragueLook west at Fri, Jul 17 10:04 PM, 7° up
- MunichLook west at Fri, Jul 17 10:03 PM, 9° up
- MilanLook west at Fri, Jul 17 9:58 PM, 11° up
- BerlinToo low in twilight here
- ZurichLook west at Fri, Jul 17 10:10 PM, 10° up
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).