Night sky over Athens tonight
Tonight's Moon: First quarter (50% lit). Planets to look for: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Times are local (GMT+3).
Tonight's sky, as you'd see it
Drag the picture to look around, and slide through the night from dusk to dawn.
Facing south
7:30 PM
6:00 PM1:00 AM8:00 AM
Twilight: only the brightest stars and planets show yet. The Moon (50% lit) is up in the south. Planets up: Saturn.
Drawn from star and planet positions for this city; clouds and real light pollution are not included.
Moon
First quarter
50% lit · 7.4 days since new moon
402,707 km from Earth
- Moonrise
- Mon, Oct 19 3:15 PM
- Moonset
- Mon, Oct 19 12:19 AM
Sun and darkness
- Sunset
- 6:43 PM
- Fully dark
- 8:11 PM
- Sunrise
- 7:37 AM
Planets tonight
- MercuryRises 9:44 AM · Sets 7:34 PM · magnitude 0.0
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- VenusRises 8:30 AM · Sets 6:26 PM · magnitude -4.2
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- MarsRises 1:30 AM · Sets 3:36 PM · magnitude 1.0
Best around 7:03 AM, southeast, 62° up
- JupiterRises 2:25 AM · Sets 4:03 PM · magnitude -2.0
Best around 7:03 AM, southeast, 53° up
- SaturnRises 6:10 PM · Sets 6:23 AM · magnitude 0.3
Best around 12:13 AM, south, 54° up
Coming up in the sky
The next 12 months, with what can be seen from Athens.
- Wed, Oct 21Orionids meteor shower peakUp to about 20 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Mon, Oct 26 6:12 AMFull moon
- Tue, Nov 17Leonids meteor shower peakUp to about 15 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Sat, Nov 21 1:35 AMMercury 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 4:54 PMFull moon
- Mon, Dec 14Geminids meteor shower peakUp to about 150 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Thu, Dec 24 3:28 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Sun, Jan 3 7:56 PMVenus farthest from the Sun in the morning sky47° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the east before sunrise
- Mon, Jan 4Quadrantids meteor shower peakUp to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Fri, Jan 22 2:17 PMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Wed, Feb 3 8:20 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 5:59 PMAnnular solar eclipseNot visible from Athens
- Thu, Feb 11 2:17 AMJupiter at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Fri, Feb 19 5:44 PMMars at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Sun, Feb 21 1:12 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Athens
- Sun, Feb 21 1:24 AMFull moon
- Wed, Mar 17 8:56 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 12:44 PMFull moon
- Wed, Apr 21 1:27 AMFull moon
- Thu, Apr 22Lyrids meteor shower peakUp to about 18 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Thu, May 6Eta 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 1:59 PMFull moon
- Fri, May 28 1:01 PMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky23° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
- Sat, Jun 19 3:45 AMFull moon
- Thu, Jul 15 10:29 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 6:45 PMFull moon
- Sun, Jul 18 7:02 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Athens
- Mon, Aug 2 1:06 PMTotal solar eclipseSeen from Athens: 78% of the Sun covered. Never look at the Sun without eclipse glasses.
- Fri, Aug 13Perseids meteor shower peakUp to about 100 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Tue, Aug 17 10:13 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Athens
- Tue, Aug 17 10:29 AMFull moon
- Thu, Sep 16 2:04 AMFull moon
- Sat, Sep 25 1:06 AMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky26° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
- Sat, Oct 9Draconids meteor shower peakUp to about 10 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Fri, Oct 15 4:47 PMFull moon
- Mon, Oct 18 3:18 AMSaturn at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
Month by month
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).