NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS

The Night Sky Map for today

The Night Sky

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MOON &
PLANETS
MOON
MERCURY
VENUS
MARS
JUPITER
SATURN
Remarks:
The simulation frames present the star sky of Athens for this night at half-hour steps. Small differences in object positions are to be expected when observing from other sites in Greece (up to one tenth of the map size for the most distant from Athens locations).
The border of the large circle defines the mathematical horizon (the sea level), i.e. there are not taken into account possible landscape irregularities. Its centre is the Zenith, the highest point on the sky exactly above us. The letters around indicate the four directions, North (N), East (E), South (S), and West (W).
Shown are objects visible to the naked eye. The circles representing stars and planets have sizes corresponding to their brightness. The constellations are drawn as well. When the Moon is above the horizon, its position is shown by an open circle.

Short Almanac for Athens

Friday
31-03-2023
Remarks:
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
since 26/03/2023 03:00
till 28/10/2023 04:00
Twilight
Twilight START END
CIVIL 06:46 20:13
NAUTICAL 06:15 20:45
ASTRONOMICAL 05:43 21:17
Sun
Sun
RISE
SET
POSITION
07:13
19:47
Pisces
Moon
Moon
RISE
SET
PHASE
AGE
POSITION
14:11
04:37
0.736
10
Cancer
Phase of Moon Today
Phase of Moon Today
0
0.686
12
0.736
24
0.769
Moon Phases Cycle
Moon Phases Cycle
0.0 New Moon
0.5 First Quarter
1.0 Full Moon
0.5 Last Quarter
0.0 New Moon
The Moon's
Age
The age of the Moon is
 counted in days since
 the time of New Moon
 (phase 0.0)

The Bright Planets

RISE SET MAGNITUDE POSITION
MERCURY 07:44 20:56 -1.2 Pisces
VENUS 08:48 22:52 -4.0 Aries
MARS 11:33 02:36 1.0 Gemini
JUPITER 07:40 20:25 -2.0 Pisces
SATURN 05:47 16:37 1.0 Aquarius
MAGNITUDE POSITION
MERCURY -1.2 Pisces
VENUS -4.0 Aries
MARS 1.0 Gemini
JUPITER -2.0 Pisces
SATURN 1.0 Aquarius
Remarks:
The simulation frames present the star sky of Athens for this night at half-hour steps. Small differences in object positions are to be expected when observing from other sites in Greece (up to one tenth of the map size for the most distant from Athens locations).
The border of the large circle defines the mathematical horizon (the sea level), i.e. there are not taken into account possible landscape irregularities. Its centre is the Zenith, the highest point on the sky exactly above us. The letters around indicate the four directions, North (N), East (E), South (S), and West (W).
Shown are objects visible to the naked eye. The circles representing stars and planets have sizes corresponding to their brightness. The constellations are drawn as well. When the Moon is above the horizon, its position is shown by an open circle.

31-03-2023 at 14:18 : Moon at Apogee: 404921 km
31-03-2023 at 23:00 : Mercury at Perihelion