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

Tuesday
26-09-2023
Remarks:
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
since 26/03/2023 03:00
till 28/10/2023 04:00
Twilight
Twilight START END
CIVIL 06:50 19:43
NAUTICAL 06:19 20:13
ASTRONOMICAL 05:48 20:44
Sun
Sun
RISE
SET
POSITION
07:16
19:17
Virgo
Moon
Moon
RISE
SET
PHASE
AGE
POSITION
17:56
03:12
0.890
11
Capricornus
Phase of Moon Today
Phase of Moon Today
0
0.841
12
0.890
24
0.918
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 05:51 18:41 -0.8 Leo
VENUS 03:54 17:10 -4.7 Leo
MARS 08:38 19:57 1.7 Virgo
JUPITER 21:04 10:48 -2.8 Aries
SATURN 17:59 04:47 0.5 Aquarius
MAGNITUDE POSITION
MERCURY -0.8 Leo
VENUS -4.7 Leo
MARS 1.7 Virgo
JUPITER -2.8 Aries
SATURN 0.5 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.