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Night Sky Tonight in Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland (Scoresbysund)

Moon: 7.7%
Waxing Crescent
Night Time:22 hours, 22 minutes
Sunset:Jan 20 at 12:21 pm
End of Twilight*:Jan 20 at 4:13 pm
Start of Twilight*:Jan 21 at 7:02 am
Sunrise:Jan 21 at 10:43 am

*Nautical twilight

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Tonight's Sky in Ittoqqortoormiit, Jan 20 – Jan 21, 2026

Jupiter rise and set in Ittoqqortoormiit

Up most of the night.

Jupiter is roughly in the opposite direction of the Sun, so it is visible during most of the night.

Jan 20, 2026
Jan 21, 2026

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Saturn rise and set in Ittoqqortoormiit

View after sunset.

Saturn can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades.

Tue, Jan 20 ↓8:54 pm
Wed, Jan 21 ↑9:45 am

Jan 20, 2026
Jan 21, 2026

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Uranus rise and set in Ittoqqortoormiit

View in the early morning. Bring binoculars.

Uranus can be seen for more than 22 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise. You may need binoculars.

Jan 20, 2026
Jan 21, 2026

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Neptune rise and set in Ittoqqortoormiit

View after sunset. Use binoculars.

Neptune can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades. Very faint, use binoculars.

Tue, Jan 20 ↓9:20 pm
Wed, Jan 21 ↑9:33 am

Jan 20, 2026
Jan 21, 2026

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Planets Visible in Ittoqqortoormiit

 Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Jan 21, 2026
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryDown, doesn’t riseTue 11:37 amNot visible
VenusThu 11:18 amThu 12:35 pmThu 11:56 amNot visible
MarsDown, doesn’t riseTue 11:28 amNot visible
JupiterUp, doesn’t set Tue 10:47 pmPerfect visibility
SaturnTue 9:49 amTue 8:54 pmTue 3:22 pmAverage visibility
UranusUp, doesn’t set Tue 7:08 pmAverage visibility
NeptuneTue 9:37 amTue 9:20 pmTue 3:29 pmVery difficult to see