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The sky over Rocheport tonight, for anyone out on the Katy Trail or the bluffs above the Missouri River. The chart is set to now; slide it through the night. Part of our Visit guide.

Tap or point at a star, planet or constellation to name it.

Dots are stars, bigger for brighter. A ring with a bar is a planet; the Moon shows its phase. The edge is the horizon and the centre is straight up. East is on the left: hold the chart over your head with N toward north.

Up tonight

The star chart and tonight’s planets and Moon need JavaScript. Sunset and full dark in Rocheport, week by week:

  • Monday, September 21sunset 7:10 pm, full dark 8:38 pm
  • Monday, September 28sunset 6:59 pm, full dark 8:26 pm
  • Monday, October 5sunset 6:48 pm, full dark 8:15 pm
  • Monday, October 12sunset 6:37 pm, full dark 8:04 pm
  • Monday, October 19sunset 6:27 pm, full dark 7:55 pm
  • Monday, October 26sunset 6:18 pm, full dark 7:46 pm

Computed in your browser for Rocheport, 38.98° N, 92.56° W. Stars and constellation figures from d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn (BSD licence), star positions from the XHIP Hipparcos compilation; Sun, Moon and planets from Astronomy Engine by Don Cross (MIT licence).

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