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Night Sky Tonight in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada (Ikpiarjuk)

Moon: 0.2%
New Moon
Night Time: All day
Sunset: None
End of Twilight*: Dec 19 at 3:57 pm
Start of Twilight*: Dec 20 at 9:18 am
Sunrise: None

*Nautical twilight

⚠ Arctic Bay has polar night

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Tonight's Sky in Arctic Bay, Dec 19 – Dec 20, 2025

Jupiter rise and set in Arctic Bay

Up all night.

Jupiter is up all of the polar night.

Dec 19, 2025
Dec 20, 2025

Jupiter

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Saturn rise and set in Arctic Bay

Up some of the night.

Saturn is visible more than 10 hours during the polar night.

Fri, Dec 19 ↑1:16 pm
Fri, Dec 19 ↓11:48 pm

Dec 19, 2025
Dec 20, 2025

Saturn

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Uranus rise and set in Arctic Bay

Up all night. Bring binoculars.

Uranus is up all of the polar night. You may need binoculars.

Dec 19, 2025
Dec 20, 2025

Uranus

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Neptune rise and set in Arctic Bay

Up some of the night. Use binoculars.

Neptune is visible more than 11 hours during the polar night. Very faint, use binoculars.

Fri, Dec 19 ↑12:57 pm
Sat, Dec 20 ↓12:32 am

Dec 19, 2025
Dec 20, 2025

Neptune

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Planets Visible in Arctic Bay

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Dec 19, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Down all day Fri 11:21 am Down all night, not visible
Venus Down all day Fri 12:19 pm Down all night, not visible
Mars Down all day Fri 1:00 pm Down all night, not visible
Jupiter Up all day Fri 2:27 am Perfect visibility
Saturn Fri 1:16 pm Fri 11:48 pm Fri 6:32 pm Fairly good visibility
Uranus Up all day Fri 10:29 pm Fairly good visibility
Neptune Fri 12:57 pm Sat 12:32 am Fri 6:45 pm Difficult to see