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Night Sky Tonight in Pacific Shoal, Alaska, USA

Moon: 99.1%
Waning Gibbous
Night Time:All day
Sunset:None
End of Twilight*:Dec 4 at 4:58 pm
Start of Twilight*:Dec 5 at 8:59 am
Sunrise:None

*Nautical twilight

⚠ Pacific Shoal has polar night

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Coming Up in December

Nights are at their darkest in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Full Moon rides high in the sky. Meanwhile, the Southern Hemisphere enjoys long, bright evenings.

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Tonight's Sky in Pacific Shoal, Dec 4 – Dec 5, 2025

Mercury rise and set in Pacific Shoal

Up some of the night.

Mercury is visible more than 4 hours during the polar night.

Thu, Dec 4 ↓2:07 pm
Fri, Dec 5 ↑9:08 am

Dec 4, 2025
Dec 5, 2025

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Jupiter rise and set in Pacific Shoal

Up all night.

Jupiter is up all of the polar night.

Dec 4, 2025
Dec 5, 2025

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Saturn rise and set in Pacific Shoal

Up some of the night.

Saturn is visible more than 10 hours during the polar night.

Thu, Dec 4 ↑2:37 pm
Fri, Dec 5 ↓1:16 am

Dec 4, 2025
Dec 5, 2025

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Uranus rise and set in Pacific Shoal

Up all night. Bring binoculars.

Uranus is up all of the polar night. You may need binoculars.

Dec 4, 2025
Dec 5, 2025

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Neptune rise and set in Pacific Shoal

Up some of the night. Use binoculars.

Neptune is visible more than 11 hours during the polar night. Very faint, use binoculars.

Thu, Dec 4 ↑2:21 pm
Fri, Dec 5 ↓1:59 am

Dec 4, 2025
Dec 5, 2025

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Planets Visible in Pacific Shoal

 Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Dec 5, 2025
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryThu 9:00 amThu 2:07 pmThu 11:34 amGood visibility
VenusDown all dayThu 12:24 pmDown all night, not visible
MarsDown all dayThu 1:37 pmDown all night, not visible
JupiterUp all dayThu 3:58 amPerfect visibility
SaturnThu 2:37 pmFri 1:16 amThu 7:56 pmFairly good visibility
UranusUp all dayThu 12:00 midnightFairly good visibility
NeptuneThu 2:21 pmFri 1:59 amThu 8:10 pmDifficult to see