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Stargazing in London tonight?
Clouds, twilight and moonlight above London: use the night forecast to choose a time and the star chart to find your bearings. Tall buildings and city lighting often leave a more restricted view than the chart suggests.
Last updated
Mon 19 Oct – Tue 20 Oct
Poor 1/100
Tonight: no usable observing
Limiting factors: clouds, moonlight, haze
Confidence: reliable
- Dark enough from
- 19:49
- Dark until
- 05:41
- Moon
- First quarter, 53 % · Moonset 00:18
- Moon-free darkness
- 00:18–05:41
The next seven nights
- Mon 19 Oct Poor · 1 not possible Moon 53 %, First quarter
- Tue 20 Oct Fair · 49 from 02:00 to 03:00 (1.0 h · Fair) Moon 62 %, First quarter
- Wed 21 Oct Fair · 40 from 00:00 to 01:00 (1.0 h · Fair) Moon 72 %, Waxing gibbous
- Thu 22 Oct Poor · 14 not possible Moon 80 %, Waxing gibbous
- Fri 23 Oct Poor · 1 not possible Moon 88 %, Waxing gibbous
- Sat 24 Oct Poor · 3 not possible Moon 94 %, Waxing gibbous
- Sun 25 Oct Poor · 11 not possible Moon 98 %, Full moon
Night timeline 18:00 to 08:00
On narrow screens the timeline scrolls sideways.
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Mon 19 Oct
Poor · 1DarknessMoonCloudsWindRating18:00 20:00 22:00 00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00 08:00 Now -
Tue 20 Oct
Fair · 49DarknessMoonCloudsWindRating18:00 20:00 22:00 00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00 08:00 -
Wed 21 Oct
Fair · 40DarknessMoonCloudsWindRating18:00 20:00 22:00 00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00 08:00 -
Thu 22 Oct
Poor · 14DarknessMoonCloudsWindRating18:00 20:00 22:00 00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00 08:00 -
Fri 23 Oct
Poor · 1DarknessMoonCloudsWindRating18:00 20:00 22:00 00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00 08:00 -
Sat 24 Oct
Poor · 3DarknessMoonCloudsWindRating18:00 20:00 22:00 00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00 08:00 -
Sun 25 Oct
Poor · 11DarknessMoonCloudsWindRating18:00 20:00 22:00 00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00 08:00
- Day
- Civil twilight
- Nautical twilight
- Astronomical twilight
- Astronomical night
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Moon phases
- Next new moon
- Mon 9 Nov, 07:01
- Next full moon
- Mon 26 Oct, 04:18
Look up
Your sky. Right now.
Find the Big Dipper, Cassiopeia and the stars above London. Move through the night and see how the sky changes.
Constellations above the horizon
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