Night sky over Conroe, TX tonight
Tonight's Moon: Waxing gibbous (73% lit). Planets to look for: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Times are local (CDT).
Tonight's sky, as you'd see it
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Facing south
9:00 PM
6:15 PM1:00 AM7:45 AM
The Moon (73% 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
Waxing gibbous
73% lit · 9.6 days since new moon
394,121 km from Earth
- Moonrise
- Wed, Oct 21 4:07 PM
- Moonset
- Wed, Oct 21 2:51 AM
Sun and darkness
- Sunset
- 6:45 PM
- Fully dark
- 8:05 PM
- Sunrise
- 7:28 AM
Planets tonight
- MercuryRises 9:19 AM · Sets 7:40 PM · magnitude 0.2
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- VenusRises 7:55 AM · Sets 6:27 PM · magnitude -4.2
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- MarsRises 1:39 AM · Sets 3:12 PM · magnitude 1.0
Best around 6:52 AM, southeast, 66° up
- JupiterRises 2:27 AM · Sets 3:40 PM · magnitude -2.0
Best around 6:52 AM, east, 56° up
- SaturnRises 5:59 PM · Sets 6:09 AM · magnitude 0.3
Best around 12:02 AM, south, 61° up
Coming up in the sky
The next 12 months, with what can be seen from Conroe, TX.
- Sun, Oct 25 11:12 PMFull 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 5:35 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 8:54 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 7:28 PMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Sun, Jan 3 11:56 AMVenus 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 6:17 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Wed, Feb 3 12:20 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 9:59 AMAnnular solar eclipseNot visible from Conroe, TX
- Wed, Feb 10 6:17 PMJupiter at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Fri, Feb 19 9:44 AMMars at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Sat, Feb 20 5:12 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Conroe, TX
- Sat, Feb 20 5:24 PMFull moon
- Wed, Mar 17 1:56 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 5:44 AMFull moon
- Tue, Apr 20 5:27 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 5:59 AMFull moon
- Fri, May 28 5:01 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 7:45 PMFull moon
- Thu, Jul 15 2:29 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 10:45 AMFull moon
- Sun, Jul 18 11:02 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Conroe, TX
- Mon, Aug 2 5:06 AMTotal solar eclipseNot visible from Conroe, TX
- 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 2:13 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Conroe, TX
- Tue, Aug 17 2:29 AMFull moon
- Wed, Sep 15 6:04 PMFull moon
- Fri, Sep 24 5:06 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 8:47 AMFull moon
- Sun, Oct 17 7:18 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).