Three twilights before it gets dark
Each twilight ends when the Sun has sunk another six degrees below the horizon. After astronomical twilight the sky is fully dark. In Stockholm in November it takes two and a half hours from sunset to darkness.
Sky view · the whole horizon
Where is everything?
South is in the middle. The planets are computed with the same ephemeris as the Moon, so positions are accurate to a fraction of a degree.
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Meetings with the Moon
When the Moon passes a planet
The Moon moves about its own width every hour. That is why it seems to pass each planet once a month.
The sky, explained
Everything happening around the Moon
These are the tiles from the front page, with room for the full explanation.
The Moon always turns the same face to us, almost. Its orbit is elliptical and tilted, so over a month it rocks back and forth and lets us peek around the edges.
Closest and farthest
The Moon’s orbit is an ellipse. When a full moon happens near perigee it is called a supermoon. It looks up to 14% larger and about 30% brighter than a full moon at apogee.
Where light meets dark, crater walls cast long shadows and the surface looks almost three-dimensional. Ordinary binoculars are enough. The edge moves about 12° each night.
When Sun, Earth and Moon line up
At new and full moon the Sun and Moon pull in the same direction, and the tides peak a day or two later. At the quarters they pull in different directions and the range is small. That is called a neap tide.
See spring tides in the calendarNovember’s is the Beaver Moon
Traps were set before the lakes froze. The names come from North America but are now used far beyond it. Every month has its own, and the full moon closest to the autumn equinox is the Harvest Moon.
All full moons in 2027Quick facts · Stockholm
Short answers
The basics in a few lines. Times are for Stockholm on Saturday 31 October 2026.
- Where is the Moon tonight?
- At 9 pm tonight the Moon is 6° above the horizon in the northeast, seen from Stockholm. It is 66% lit.
- Which planets are up tonight?
- At 9 pm Saturn (in the south-southeast) is above the horizon from Stockholm.
- When does the Moon rise and set today?
- In Stockholm on Saturday 31 October the Moon sets at 14:02 and rises at 19:42. Choose your place for local times.