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Tonight over Manchester · England, 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 Manchester at 18:23, facing south-east. Gold dots are planets, white dots the brightest stars.
Moon
Waxing crescent, 11% lit. Rises 11:23. Sets 17:34. Full Moon Tue 24 Nov.
Planets
  • Saturn in the evening, from 17:01 until 02:26, 38° up in the south · in Cetus
  • Mars before dawn, best around 06:26, 52° up in the south · in Leo
  • Jupiter before dawn, best around 06:31, 50° up in the south · in Leo
  • Venus before dawn, best around 07:06, 16° up in the south-east · in Virgo
  • Mercury before dawn, best around 07:06, 10° up in the south-east · in Virgo
Space Station
No visible pass tonight.

Next: Fri 19:09 (13° SW); Sat 18:21 (22° S)

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. 1% at the time above. Clearest around 20:00 (0%).

Aurora
No aurora expected: Kp up to 1.7, and you'd need about 6 here.
Sun
Sunset 16:16 · properly dark 17:37 · first light 06:09 · sunrise 07:30