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Night Sky Tonight in Mawson, Antarctica (Mawson Base, Holme Bay)

Moon: 96.5%
Waning Gibbous
Night Time:None
Sunset:None
End of Twilight*:None
Start of Twilight*:None
Sunrise:None

*Nautical twilight

⚠ Mawson has polar day (Midnight Sun)

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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 Mawson, Dec 6 – Dec 7, 2025

Mercury rise and set in Mawson

Polar day

Mercury is up all of the polar day .

Sat, Dec 6 ↓8:31 pm
Sun, Dec 7 ↑2:01 am

Dec 6, 2025
Dec 7, 2025

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Venus rise and set in Mawson

Polar day

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

Sat, Dec 6 ↓11:04 pm
Sun, Dec 7 ↑1:10 am

Dec 6, 2025
Dec 7, 2025

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Jupiter rise and set in Mawson

Polar day

Jupiter is up all of the polar day .

Sun, Dec 7 ↑2:00 am
Sun, Dec 7 ↓4:57 am

Dec 6, 2025
Dec 7, 2025

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Planets Visible in Mawson

 Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Dec 6, 2025
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercurySun 2:01 amSun 8:34 pmSun 11:16 amExtremely difficult to see
VenusSun 1:10 amSun 11:16 pmSun 12:08 pmExtremely difficult to see
MarsDown all daySat 1:17 pmNot visible
JupiterSun 2:00 amSun 4:57 amSun 3:28 amExtremely difficult to see
SaturnSat 12:47 pmSun 2:16 amSat 7:32 pmNot visible
UranusSat 9:21 pmSun 1:42 amSat 11:31 pmNot visible
NeptuneSat 1:26 pmSun 2:05 amSat 7:45 pmNot visible