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Tonight over Cardiff · Wales, UK · Thu 12 Nov

Go out now, look SE: skies look clear.

Saturn is the steady, pale-gold point there. Look about 27° up.

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The real sky over Cardiff at 18:23, facing south-east. Gold dots are planets, white dots the brightest stars.
Moon
Waxing crescent, 11% lit. Rises 11:11. Sets 17:54. Full Moon Tue 24 Nov.
Planets
  • Saturn in the evening, from 17:12 until 02:32, 40° up in the south · in Cetus
  • Mars before dawn, best around 06:32, 54° up in the south · in Leo
  • Jupiter before dawn, best around 06:37, 52° up in the south · in Leo
  • Venus before dawn, best around 07:02, 17° up in the south-east · in Virgo
  • Mercury before dawn, best around 07:02, 10° up in the south-east · in Virgo
Space Station
No visible pass tonight.

Next: Fri 17:35 (10° SE); Fri 19:08 (18° SW); Sat 18:21 (29° SE)

Meteors
Leonids peak on the night of 17–18 Nov (in 5 nights), and a few are already about. Up to about 15 an hour under a perfectly dark sky, Moon 56% lit at the peak. TimeandDate gives the peak as 17–18 Nov; the American Meteor Society says 16–17 Nov.
Cloud

Taller bars mean more cloud. 0% at the time above. Clearest around 18:00 (0%).

Aurora
No aurora expected: Kp up to 1.7, and you'd need about 7 here.
Sun
Sunset 16:27 · properly dark 17:44 · first light 06:09 · sunrise 07:27