Night sky over Allentown, PA tonight
Tonight's Moon: Waxing gibbous (76% lit). Planets to look for: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Times are local (EDT).
Tonight's sky, as you'd see it
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Facing southeast
8:00 PM
5:30 PM12:30 AM7:45 AM
The Moon (80% lit) is up in the southeast. Planets up: Saturn.
Drawn from star and planet positions for this city; clouds and real light pollution are not included.
Moon
Waxing gibbous
76% lit · 10.0 days since new moon
392,053 km from Earth
- Moonrise
- Wed, Oct 21 3:57 PM
- Moonset
- Thu, Oct 22 3:18 AM
Sun and darkness
- Sunset
- 6:12 PM
- Fully dark
- 7:43 PM
- Sunrise
- 7:20 AM
Planets tonight
- MercuryRises 9:23 AM · Sets 6:56 PM · magnitude 0.2
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- VenusRises 7:49 AM · Sets 5:41 PM · magnitude -4.3
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- MarsRises 12:56 AM · Sets 3:12 PM · magnitude 1.0
Best around 6:42 AM, southeast, 61° up
- JupiterRises 1:47 AM · Sets 3:33 PM · magnitude -2.0
Best around 6:42 AM, southeast, 53° up
- SaturnRises 5:33 PM · Sets 5:47 AM · magnitude 0.3
Best around 11:42 PM, south, 51° up
Coming up in the sky
The next 12 months, with what can be seen from Allentown, PA.
- Mon, Oct 26 12:12 AMFull moon
- Mon, Nov 16Leonids meteor shower peakUp to about 15 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Fri, Nov 20 6:35 PMMercury farthest from the Sun in the morning sky20° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the east before sunrise
- Tue, Nov 24 9:54 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Sun, Dec 13Geminids meteor shower peakUp to about 150 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Wed, Dec 23 8:28 PMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Sun, Jan 3 12:56 PMVenus farthest from the Sun in the morning sky47° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the east before sunrise
- Sun, Jan 3Quadrantids meteor shower peakUp to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Fri, Jan 22 7:17 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Wed, Feb 3 1:20 AMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky18° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
- Sat, Feb 6 10:59 AMAnnular solar eclipseNot visible from Allentown, PA
- Wed, Feb 10 7:17 PMJupiter at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Fri, Feb 19 10:44 AMMars at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Sat, Feb 20 6:12 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Allentown, PA
- Sat, Feb 20 6:24 PMFull moon
- Wed, Mar 17 2:56 AMMercury farthest from the Sun in the morning sky28° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the east before sunrise
- Mon, Mar 22 6:44 AMFull moon
- Tue, Apr 20 6:27 PMFull moon
- Wed, Apr 21Lyrids meteor shower peakUp to about 18 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Wed, May 5Eta Aquariids meteor shower peakUp to about 50 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Thu, May 20 6:59 AMFull moon
- Fri, May 28 6:01 AMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky23° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
- Fri, Jun 18 8:45 PMFull moon
- Thu, Jul 15 3:29 PMMercury farthest from the Sun in the morning sky21° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the east before sunrise
- Sun, Jul 18 11:45 AMFull moon
- Sun, Jul 18 12:02 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Allentown, PA
- Mon, Aug 2 6:06 AMTotal solar eclipseNot visible from Allentown, PA
- Thu, Aug 12Perseids meteor shower peakUp to about 100 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Tue, Aug 17 3:13 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Allentown, PA
- Tue, Aug 17 3:29 AMFull moon
- Wed, Sep 15 7:04 PMFull moon
- Fri, Sep 24 6:06 PMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky26° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
- Fri, Oct 8Draconids meteor shower peakUp to about 10 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Fri, Oct 15 9:47 AMFull moon
- Sun, Oct 17 8:18 PMSaturn at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Wed, Oct 20Orionids meteor shower peakUp to about 20 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
Month by month
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).