Tonight · New Zealand
Tonight’s sky in Wellington
A great night in Wellington, New Zealand: dark from 21:54 until the Moon rises at 04:09. Tonight’s highlight is the Mars & Jupiter conjunction, low in the north-east at 04:14. The Large Magellanic Cloud is high in the south at 03:51; the Orion Nebula is high in the north at 03:51.
Worked out for the night of Thu 5 Nov 2026, on Wellington’s clock (GMT+13).
Mars & Jupiter conjunction
Best atWhen it is dark
| Sunset | |
|---|---|
| Dark from | |
| Dark until | |
| Sunrise | |
| Hours of darkness | 6 h 20 min |
The Sun does not get 18° below the horizon here tonight, so the sky never goes fully dark: these are the darkest hours there are.
The Moon
Waning Crescent, 14% lit. It rises at 04:09. Every phase for the year ahead.
Planets
| Planet | Well up | Best | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | – | 48° up in the north | |
| Neptune · binoculars or a telescope | – | 49° up in the north | |
| Uranus · binoculars or a telescope | – | 28° up in the north | |
| Jupiter | – | 11° up in the north-east | |
| Mars | – | 12° up in the north-east | |
| Venus | – | 12° up in the east |
Best to look at
- Mars & Jupiter conjunction, at : 13° up in the north-east.
- Large Magellanic Cloud, at : 62° up in the south.
- Orion Nebula, at : 54° up in the north.
The week ahead
| Night | Dark | Moon | Sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 5 Nov | – | Moon only 14% lit | Dark |
| Fri 6 Nov | – | Moon down all night | Dark |
| Sat 7 Nov | – | Moon down all night | Dark |
| Sun 8 Nov | – | Moon down all night | Dark |
| Mon 9 Nov | – | Moon down all night | Dark |
| Tue 10 Nov | – | Moon down all night | Dark |
| Wed 11 Nov | – | Moon only 5% lit | Dark |
| Thu 12 Nov | – | Moon only 10% lit | Dark |
The nearest city with a page of its own: tonight in Christchurch, New Zealand.
How it is worked out: the Sun, the Moon and the planets from the same ephemerides the sky map draws, for Wellington at 41.29°S, 174.78°E, with a flat horizon and the light-pollution atlas’s estimate of its sky. Dark means the Sun 18° below the horizon; a planet counts once it is 10° up. The methods and their measured errors.