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Geminids · peak in 31 nights: the best meteor shower of the year13–14 Dec: the best meteor shower of the year. See the best time to look from your town.

Example · Tonight over London · England, UK · Thu 12 Nov

Go out now, look SE: skies look clear.

Saturn is the steady, pale-gold point there. Look about 35° up.

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The real sky over London at 19:19, facing south-east. Gold dots are planets, white dots the brightest stars.
Moon
Waxing crescent, 11% lit. Rises 10:59. Sets 17:41. Full Moon Tue 24 Nov.
Planets
  • Saturn in the evening, from 17:00 until 02:20, 39° up in the south · in Cetus
  • Mars before dawn, best around 06:20, 54° up in the south · in Leo
  • Jupiter before dawn, best around 06:25, 52° up in the south · in Leo
  • Venus before dawn, best around 06:50, 17° up in the south-east · in Virgo
  • Mercury before dawn, best around 06:50, 10° up in the south-east · in Virgo
Space Station
No visible pass tonight.

Next: Fri 17:34 (13° SE); Fri 19:08 (14° SW); Sat 18:21 (31° S)

Meteors
Leonids peak on the night of 17–18 Nov (in 5 nights), and a few are already about. Up to about 15 an hour under a perfectly dark sky, Moon 56% lit at the peak. TimeandDate gives the peak as 17–18 Nov; the American Meteor Society says 16–17 Nov.
Cloud

Taller bars mean more cloud. 1% at the time above. Clearest around 22:00 (0%).

Aurora
No aurora expected: Kp up to 1.7, and you'd need about 7 here.
Sun
Sunset 16:15 · properly dark 17:32 · first light 05:57 · sunrise 07:14