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Night Sky Tonight in Mawson, Antarctica (Mawson Base, Holme Bay)

Moon: 0.6%
New Moon
Night Time: None
Sunset: None
End of Twilight*: None
Start of Twilight*: None
Sunrise: None

*Nautical twilight

⚠ Mawson has polar day (Midnight Sun)

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Tonight's Sky in Mawson, Dec 19 – Dec 20, 2025

Mercury rise and set in Mawson

Polar day

Mercury is up all of the polar day .

Fri, Dec 19 ↓10:25 pm
Sat, Dec 20 ↑12:32 am

Dec 19, 2025
Dec 20, 2025

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Venus rise and set in Mawson

Polar day

Venus is up all of the polar day . Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

Dec 19, 2025
Dec 20, 2025

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Jupiter rise and set in Mawson

Polar day

Jupiter is up all of the polar day .

Sat, Dec 20 ↑1:11 am
Sat, Dec 20 ↓3:53 am

Dec 19, 2025
Dec 20, 2025

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Planets Visible in Mawson

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Dec 19, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 12:32 am Sat 10:44 pm Sat 11:30 am Extremely difficult to see
Venus Up all day Fri 12:26 pm Extremely difficult to see
Mars Down all day Fri 1:09 pm Not visible
Jupiter Sat 1:11 am Sat 3:53 am Sat 2:32 am Extremely difficult to see
Saturn Sat 11:55 am Sun 1:21 am Sat 6:38 pm Not visible
Uranus Fri 8:25 pm Sat 12:51 am Fri 10:38 pm Not visible
Neptune Fri 12:35 pm Sat 1:13 am Fri 6:54 pm Not visible