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Night Sky Tonight in Point Hope, Alaska, USA

Moon: 96.5%
Waning Gibbous
Night Time:21 hours, 37 minutes
Sunset:Dec 4 at 2:22 pm
End of Twilight*:Dec 5 at 6:15 pm
Start of Twilight*:Dec 6 at 9:41 am
Sunrise:None

*Nautical twilight

⚠ Point Hope 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 Point Hope, Dec 5 – Dec 6, 2025

Mercury rise and set in Point Hope

Up some of the night.

Mercury is visible more than 5 hours during the polar night.

Fri, Dec 5 ↓3:33 pm
Sat, Dec 6 ↑9:42 am

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Venus rise and set in Point Hope

Up some of the night.

Venus is visible more than 2 hours during the polar night. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

Fri, Dec 5 ↓2:50 pm

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Jupiter rise and set in Point Hope

Up all night.

Jupiter is up all of the polar night.

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Saturn rise and set in Point Hope

Up some of the night.

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

Fri, Dec 5 ↑3:27 pm
Sat, Dec 6 ↓2:16 am

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Dec 6, 2025

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Uranus rise and set in Point Hope

Up some of the night. Bring binoculars.

Uranus is visible more than 21 hours during the polar night. You may need binoculars.

Fri, Dec 5 ↑2:19 pm
Sat, Dec 6 ↓11:23 am

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Neptune rise and set in Point Hope

Up some of the night. Use binoculars.

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

Fri, Dec 5 ↑3:15 pm
Sat, Dec 6 ↓2:55 am

Dec 5, 2025
Dec 6, 2025

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Planets Visible in Point Hope

 Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Dec 6, 2025
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryFri 9:33 amFri 3:33 pmFri 12:34 pmGood visibility
VenusFri 11:59 amFri 2:50 pmFri 1:25 pmPerfect visibility
MarsDown all dayFri 2:36 pmDown all night, not visible
JupiterUp all dayFri 4:53 amPerfect visibility
SaturnFri 3:27 pmSat 2:16 amFri 8:52 pmFairly good visibility
UranusFri 2:19 pmSat 11:23 amSat 12:51 amSlightly difficult to see
NeptuneFri 3:15 pmSat 2:55 amFri 9:05 pmDifficult to see