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Night Sky Tonight in San Martín Base, Antarctica

Moon: 30.8%
Waning Crescent
Night Time: All day
Sunset: None
End of Twilight*: Jun 9 at 5:40 pm
Start of Twilight*: Jun 10 at 9:15 am
Sunrise: None

*Nautical twilight

⚠ San Martín Base has polar night

The Moon and Sky in June

Highlights for this month include a Venus-Jupiter-Moon-Mercury line-up around June 16–18, and a Micro Full Moon on June 29.

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Tonight's Sky in San Martín Base, Jun 9 – Jun 10, 2026

Mars rise and set in San Martín Base

Up some of the night.

Mars is visible more than 6 hours during the polar night. It is quite close to the horizon, making it fainter because the light has to cover a larger distance when traveling through the Earth's atmosphere. Make sure to get an unobstructed view.

Tue, Jun 9 ↓2:15 pm
Wed, Jun 10 ↑8:09 am

Jun 9, 2026
Jun 10, 2026

Mars

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Jupiter rise and set in San Martín Base

Up some of the night.

Jupiter is visible more than 2 hours during the polar night.

Tue, Jun 9 ↑2:52 pm
Tue, Jun 9 ↓5:21 pm

Jun 9, 2026
Jun 10, 2026

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Saturn rise and set in San Martín Base

Up some of the night.

Saturn is visible more than 11 hours during the polar night.

Tue, Jun 9 ↓2:43 pm
Wed, Jun 10 ↑3:29 am

Jun 9, 2026
Jun 10, 2026

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Uranus rise and set in San Martín Base

Up some of the night.

Uranus is visible more than 3 hours during the polar night. It is very close to the horizon, making it fainter because the light has to cover a larger distance when traveling through the Earth's atmosphere. Make sure to get an unobstructed view with as little light pollution as possible.

Tue, Jun 9 ↓1:59 pm
Wed, Jun 10 ↑10:34 am

Jun 9, 2026
Jun 10, 2026

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Neptune rise and set in San Martín Base

Up some of the night. Use binoculars.

Neptune is visible more than 12 hours during the polar night. Very faint, use binoculars.

Tue, Jun 9 ↓2:35 pm
Wed, Jun 10 ↑2:29 am

Jun 9, 2026
Jun 10, 2026

Neptune

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Planets Visible in San Martín Base

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Jun 10, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Down, doesn’t rise Tue 3:09 pm Not visible
Venus Down, doesn’t rise Tue 4:07 pm Not visible
Mars Tue 8:07 am Tue 2:15 pm Tue 11:11 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Tue 2:52 pm Tue 5:21 pm Tue 4:07 pm Good visibility
Saturn Tue 3:32 am Tue 2:43 pm Tue 9:08 am Fairly good visibility
Uranus Tue 10:37 am Tue 1:59 pm Tue 12:18 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Tue 2:33 am Tue 2:35 pm Tue 8:34 am Difficult to see