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Night Sky Tonight in Alert, Nunavut, Canada

Moon: 98.9%
Waxing Gibbous
Night Time:None
Sunset:None
End of Twilight*:None
Start of Twilight*:None
Sunrise:None

*Nautical twilight

⚠ Alert has polar day (Midnight Sun)

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56th Anniversary of Apollo 11 on the Moon—Where Did It Land?

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down in Mare Tranquillitatis on July 20, 1969. NASA’s Noah Petro tells us about the landing site.

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Tonight's Sky in Alert, Jul 9 – Jul 10, 2025

Venus rise and set in Alert

Up all day.

Venus is up all of the polar day . Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

Jul 9, 2025
Jul 10, 2025
Meridian
9:14 am
180°S

Venus

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Jupiter rise and set in Alert

Up all day.

Jupiter is up all of the polar day .

Jul 9, 2025
Jul 10, 2025
Meridian
11:24 am
180°S

Jupiter

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Planets Visible in Alert

 Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Jul 9, 2025
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryDown all dayWed 1:57 pmNot visible
VenusUp all dayWed 9:14 amExtremely difficult to see
MarsDown all dayWed 3:55 pmNot visible
JupiterUp all dayWed 11:27 amExtremely difficult to see
SaturnWed 11:29 pmThu 10:41 amThu 5:05 amNot visible
UranusDown all dayWed 8:50 amNot visible
NeptuneWed 10:59 pmThu 11:10 amThu 5:05 amNot visible