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Night Sky Tonight in Davis, Antarctica (Davis Base, Vestfold Hills)

Moon: 93.2%
Waning Gibbous
Night Time: 5 hours, 14 minutes
Sunset: Feb 4 at 11:25 pm
End of Twilight*: None
Start of Twilight*: None
Sunrise: Feb 5 at 4:39 am

*Nautical twilight

Coming Up in February

Highlights for February include a string of close Moon-planet meetups and an annular solar eclipse. Plus, will the crew of Artemis II fly around the Moon in February?

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Tonight's Sky in Davis, Feb 4 – Feb 5, 2026

Mercury rise and set in Davis

Fairly close to the Sun. Visible only after sunset.

Mercury is just 10 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see.

Wed, Feb 4 ↓11:35 pm

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Feb 5, 2026

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Venus rise and set in Davis

Fairly close to the Sun. Visible only after sunset.

Venus is just 7 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

Wed, Feb 4 ↓11:36 pm

Feb 4, 2026
Feb 5, 2026

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Mars rise and set in Davis

Very close to Sun, hard or impossible to see.

Mars is just 6 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.

Wed, Feb 4 ↓11:54 pm
Thu, Feb 5 ↑3:22 am

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Feb 5, 2026

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Planets Visible in Davis

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Feb 4, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 5:43 am Wed 11:35 pm Wed 2:43 pm Difficult to see
Venus Wed 5:20 am Wed 11:36 pm Wed 2:30 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 3:17 am Wed 11:54 pm Wed 1:38 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Down, doesn’t rise Wed 12:06 am Not visible
Saturn Thu 10:16 am Thu 11:15 pm Thu 4:45 pm Not visible
Uranus Thu 6:28 pm Thu 10:24 pm Thu 8:26 pm Not visible
Neptune Thu 10:32 am Thu 11:05 pm Thu 4:48 pm Not visible